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.
AI WEIWEIFor those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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If there’s the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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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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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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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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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 think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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