I never think any place is better than others.
AI WEIWEIIt’s like the mountains, the ocean and the rivers. It has its own geological forms. Societies cannot be flat. But during change, human rights, human dignity and free speech have to be protected. Otherwise, we’ll be going backward.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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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.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am.
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I want people to see their own power.
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At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year – 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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It’s very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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