If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
AI WEIWEIAfter I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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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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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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