I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
AI WEIWEI[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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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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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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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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You’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
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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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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
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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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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 think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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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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