In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
AI WEIWEISay what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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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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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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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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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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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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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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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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