If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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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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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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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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