A small act is worth a million thoughts.
AI WEIWEII never had a sense of home.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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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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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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