Censorship Quote by Ai Weiwei Download Open image “Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.” — Ai Weiwei ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Censorship Hopeless Insulting Self Self censorship Timidity Way Way forward
“Self-censorship can be very damaging to a story. When our chief goal is not to offend someone, we are not likely to write a… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
SeLF censorsHIP? Not my strong suit...I dont want to be a total d o u c h e b a g , but a… — Misha Collins Copy Share Image
Self-censorship has become a part of me. I think because we live in a place where community is very important, family is very important,… — Nadine Labaki Copy Share Image
When you're on your own, you have all the self-censorship that everybody has when they try and write. All the little voices that say,… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the heights of… — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and from others. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I feel instead of censorship, we need to self-regulate ourselves while producing any kind of content. — Raftaar Copy Share Image
The worst kind of censorship is the kind that takes place in your own mind before you sit down to a typewriter. — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image
If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for? — Ai Weiwei Copy Share 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… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter where I am - China will stay in me. I don't know how far I can still walk on this road and what is the limit. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“Medical studies have shown that cursing reduces levels of stress and pain. Repressing your anger is not healthy. It's much better to verbalize it,… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“Censors don’t want children exposed to ideas different from their own. If every individual with an agenda had his/her way, the shelves in the… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
We must be talented, powerful and resilient creatures indeed given how much we manage to produce despite the constant undercutting, ridicule and needless censorship we aim at ourselves. — Seth Copy Share
When a critic sets himself up as an arbiter of morality, a judge of the matter and not the manner of a work, he… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
When there is official censorship it is a sign that speech is serious. Where there is none, it is pretty certain that the official… — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
“I agree that it's a shame some books have to suffer ratings that clearly are invalid. However I can't think of a way to prevent it, and I didn't see any ideas in the thread either (I did skim though). I hope you'll appreciate that if we just start deleting ratings whenever we feel like it, that we've gone down… — Otis Y. Chandler Copy Share
I think that, honestly, people's censorship issues are personal but I disagree with most of those personal choices that I see others make. You… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image