Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
AI WEIWEIHow to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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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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I want people to see their own power.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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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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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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Maybe [success] is because I’m in China and I’m more open. Maybe it’s my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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