It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
AI WEIWEICreativity 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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn’t move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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It’s really rubbish that some kind of “technical” learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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I don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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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.
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I never had a sense of home.
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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