Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
AI WEIWEII don’t believe in a sense of home.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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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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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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Censorship is saying: “I’m the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.” But the internet is like a tree that is growing.
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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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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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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