As long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
AI WEIWEIEvery day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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We are not on – even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.
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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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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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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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When 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.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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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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So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.
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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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