To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
AI WEIWEIWhen 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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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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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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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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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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