Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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China restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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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.
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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don’t care about culture.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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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.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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