Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
AI WEIWEIWhen you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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If it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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I never had a sense of home.
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Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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