I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
AI WEIWEIThe deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
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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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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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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 society was so different [in China] – it was a feudalistic society. It didn’t come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.
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There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
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They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
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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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