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.
AI WEIWEIChina is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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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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I 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.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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There isn’t a single Chinese university that can invite me to give a talk. Even though I know there are many students who would like to hear what I have to say.
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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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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.
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