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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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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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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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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We should use this public sphere and redefine – beyond China’s borders – what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen’s privacy begins.
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Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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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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