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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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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That’s why the country can’t face up to open competition – unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.
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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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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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