If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
AI WEIWEICreativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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I don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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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.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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I think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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I’m doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I’ve been preparing for half a year.
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