Each year, more people want to become artists.
AI WEIWEIThe intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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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?
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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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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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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.
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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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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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It’s the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
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Now 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.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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