Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
AI WEIWEIDictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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You don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
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I think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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I never regret anything.
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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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I was in the most restricted prison in China, the most tough. The design of the prison is modeled for internal crimes of the Communist party, so it’s like a mafia family’s law. It’s independent to the law this nation openly applies.
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Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.
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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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