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.
AI WEIWEIFor years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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I don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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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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It [success] is really by mistake.
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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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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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