Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
AI WEIWEIIt [success] is really by mistake.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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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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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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I deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
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In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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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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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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If it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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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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