A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
AI WEIWEICivilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am.
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They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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I want people to see their own power.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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