Ai Weiwei on creativity
Ai Weiwei303 quotes“Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.”
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Hopefully, other successes aren’t like me. It carries much more meaning to other people; my success story is irrelevant. It doesn’t make any sense.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Each year, more people want to become artists.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei 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.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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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.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Find three hobbies you love: One to make you money, one to keep you in shape and one to be creative.
AnonymousAnonymous An artist’s job is to inspire, from the Latin inspirare: to breathe into. The primary function of art is to inspire new thought shaped by emotions using the creative mediums we master – be it painting, music, design, craft, or photography.
AnonymousAnonymous There is no art without intention.
Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington Creativity is the power to act.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Creativity 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.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
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