I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
AI WEIWEIWhat is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year – 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
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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. Art should live in the heart of the people.
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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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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don’t care about culture.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
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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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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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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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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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