In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
AI WEIWEIThe people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Society becomes very destructive.
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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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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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Whenever 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.
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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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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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It [success] is really by mistake.
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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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