When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
AI WEIWEII grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
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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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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I’m saying is common sense.
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I want people to see their own power.
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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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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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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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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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