I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
AI WEIWEIDemocracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
-
-
A small act is worth a million thoughts.
AI WEIWEI -
My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.
AI WEIWEI -
We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
AI WEIWEI -
Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
AI WEIWEI -
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
AI WEIWEI -
We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It’s very materialistic. It’s full of desire and luxury goods.
AI 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 WEIWEI -
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.
AI WEIWEI -
They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
AI WEIWEI -
Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
AI WEIWEI -
Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
AI WEIWEI -
China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
AI WEIWEI -
Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
AI WEIWEI -
I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
AI WEIWEI -
I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
AI WEIWEI