Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
AI WEIWEINo state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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Creativity is the power to act.
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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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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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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don’t think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.
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They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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