I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
AI WEIWEII think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.
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Creativity is the power to act.
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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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In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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If it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
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