The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
AI WEIWEIThe purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
AI WEIWEIIt [success] is really by mistake.
AI WEIWEIChina is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
AI WEIWEIWe 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.
AI WEIWEIChina restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
AI WEIWEII think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
AI WEIWEIThe Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
AI WEIWEIIf there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
AI WEIWEII believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
AI WEIWEIHad I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
AI WEIWEISelling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
AI WEIWEINow I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
AI WEIWEINo state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
AI WEIWEIWhenever 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.
AI WEIWEIMan 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.
AI WEIWEIThe practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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