Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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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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I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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He will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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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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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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