The deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
AI WEIWEIYour own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Even today the borders they’re seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.
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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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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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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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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
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[Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
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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 think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
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