Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
AI WEIWEIThe society was so different [in China] – it was a feudalistic society. It didn’t come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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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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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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