Ai Weiwei Quotes, Quiet Voice Quotes, People Quotes

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. The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.

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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.

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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.

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Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of the few Western artists - or artists from the United States - that could be considered a true product of his time and brought out that kind of spirit of the culture.

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I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.

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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.

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Creativity is the power to act.

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In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.

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I don't belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.

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I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.

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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that's beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone's emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment, he will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn't trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.

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...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.

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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.

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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.

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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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I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.

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Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market. In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.

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China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.

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