Society becomes very destructive.
AI WEIWEIIt’s not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China’s problems are not just China’s problems – they’re human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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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 curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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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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I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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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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Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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I don’t believe in a sense of home.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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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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