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I find Ai Weiwei's work (and thoughts) incredibly interesting.

As long as someone fights and helps, the fight is not lost. (46)

We no longer want to accept or talk to anyone who is different, or to try to tolerate or understand each other. Rather, we are more exclusive and defensive. And of course politicians use this kind of danger or risk to scare people, and to increase
their reputation. (96)
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I’m not interested in a specific region or one person or one story. I’m interested in the global situation. (96)

To control the information, to limit the truth: These are most efficient tactics for a totalitarian society. (90)

People are not hiding their shameful ideas. They’re even proud to show them (…). All of those ideas are so out of date. It means you discriminate and dissociate yourself from the rest of the world. You have the wrong image and the wrong approach to the human condition. (75)

Fences or territories always relate to our identity, our understanding of ourselves, and our attitudes towards others. (73)

“Our biggest danger is that we still see the world as a divided one rather than a total one. In that case, when tragedy happens, you think it’s someone else’s problem“. (72)

“As a human being, I believe any crisis or hardship that happens to another human being should be as if it is happening to us”. (58)

“I believe we have lost the capacity for compassion. Maybe that has something to do with our information age. We see the refugees’ misery on the news daily, so we know what is happening. At the same time, the pictures dull us. We think that the misery is so great that we cannot do anything about it” (43)

“You begin to understand that we all have the same basic needs, that our sense of humanity and integrity, our desire of warmth and safety, to be well-treated and respected, are the same” (16)

My conclusion is we are one humanity. If Angie is being hurt, we are all being hurt. If anyone had joy, that’s our joy. (1)

“(…) every human being deserves the same aspirations: to make the most of the lives we are given, to insure our world with meaning and sensitivity, and to confront the obstacles facing us”.