Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
AI WEIWEIA nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable – how we decide what is valuable.
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
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There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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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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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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It’s not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China’s problems are not just China’s problems – they’re human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.
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I don’t belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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