These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
AI WEIWEII have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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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 have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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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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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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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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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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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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How to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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