Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
AI WEIWEII call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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China didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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The jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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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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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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I think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
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I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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