This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
AI WEIWEINow I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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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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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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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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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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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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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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