They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
AI WEIWEIThey’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
AI WEIWEILife is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
AI WEIWEIThe freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
AI WEIWEICreativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
AI WEIWEI[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don’t care about culture.
AI WEIWEIThe so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
AI WEIWEIIf artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
AI WEIWEISo for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
AI WEIWEII never had a sense of home.
AI WEIWEIOf 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.
AI WEIWEII hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
AI WEIWEIFor me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
AI WEIWEII think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
AI WEIWEIYou have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
AI WEIWEIA nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
AI WEIWEIFor artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political.
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