I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.
AI WEIWEII saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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I don’t think China has professional museums – not in the past, present, or near future.
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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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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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We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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How to become a really modern society when today we are so – as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive.
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The project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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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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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
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