Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
AI WEIWEIEven if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.
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China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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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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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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What counts in the end is what the government does.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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