"The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens."
― Ai Weiwei
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Experience
― Ai Weiwei
More From Ai Weiwei
- "Beijing’s Olympics were very grand – they were trying to throw a party for the world, but the hosts didn’t enjoy it. The government didn’t care about people’s feelings because it was trying to create an image."
- "Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don’t have to obey their own laws. In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want – not only you, your whole family and all people like you."
- "This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world."
More In Experience
- "Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity around the idea of being a man. Most women are very identified with their gender, and also experience a tremendous amount of fear and insecurity."― Andrew Cohen
- "An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one’s experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision."― Sholem Asch
- "I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him."― Eleanor Roosevelt