I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
AI WEIWEIOnce you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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But personally, I don’t think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it’s beyond my own consciousness.
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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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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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