I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.
AI WEIWEINationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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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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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.
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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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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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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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