I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
AI WEIWEII think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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I think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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