Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
AI WEIWEII think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it’s very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there – any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog.
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It’s just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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I never had a sense of home.
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.
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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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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society’s level of civilization.
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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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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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