If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
AI WEIWEIWe are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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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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People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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