Everyone of us is a potential convict.
AI WEIWEIThese are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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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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China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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The whole Chinese system – not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society – is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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Any politician who respects China’s government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues – both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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