Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
AI WEIWEINo state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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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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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.
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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.
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Every day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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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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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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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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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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