I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
AI WEIWEII never had a sense of home.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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There’s no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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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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So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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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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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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