I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
AI WEIWEISay what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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The jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn’t really attract me at all.
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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.
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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.
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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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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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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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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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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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