It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
AI WEIWEIWhenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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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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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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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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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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