The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.
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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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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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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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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What counts in the end is what the government does.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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