Ai Weiwei Quotes, Freedom Of Speech Quotes, World Quotes

Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

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I think it's more important to show your work to the public.

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I want people to see their own power.

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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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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.

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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. 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. Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I'll find my way - or get totally lost.

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The importance of elections, transparency, legal procedures, an independent army, and the judicial system is not regarded as highly in China. These core values are the most important evidence of the health of a society, quality of life, and security. A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.

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I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment.

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Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.

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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.

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We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.

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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.

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I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.

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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condition.

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No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.

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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.

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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It's not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.

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Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.

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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.

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