This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
AI WEIWEII also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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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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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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The 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.
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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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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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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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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.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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I think the pearls – one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl – really show a kind of [society] condition.
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