If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
AI WEIWEII think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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Now I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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It’s like the mountains, the ocean and the rivers. It has its own geological forms. Societies cannot be flat. But during change, human rights, human dignity and free speech have to be protected. Otherwise, we’ll be going backward.
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