Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
AI WEIWEII want people to see their own power.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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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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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
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They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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I think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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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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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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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.
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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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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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