Ai Weiwei Quotes, Rights Quotes, Human Rights Quotes

If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.

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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature.

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A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.

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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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Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

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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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I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism. And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society - the kind of mistreatment society gave him.

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

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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.

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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.

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A nation like China has become one of the biggest production fields for exporting cheap labor, which also re-questions our history and past, re-questions human desire, and the human illusions of the past.

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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.

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To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died of hunger in a country that was like North Korea is today. Once we became part of global competition, we had to agree to some rules. It's painful, but we had to. Otherwise there was no way to survive.

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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.

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That's why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.

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I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.

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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling. 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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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.

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