The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.
AI WEIWEII wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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We should use this public sphere and redefine – beyond China’s borders – what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm of a citizen’s privacy begins.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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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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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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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.
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Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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