Creativity is the power to act.
AI WEIWEICreativity is the power to act.
AI WEIWEI[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
AI WEIWEIYou don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
AI WEIWEIChina restricts the society’s freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.
AI WEIWEIIt is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
AI WEIWEITo the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
AI WEIWEICivilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
AI WEIWEIOf course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
AI WEIWEII’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
AI WEIWEIYou’re still being looked at as somebody who – it’s a very complicated issue.
AI WEIWEII think it’s quite narrow-minded. There wasn’t much encouragement or opportunities for any artist – not just Chinese artists.
AI WEIWEIHad I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
AI WEIWEIHow 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.
AI WEIWEII’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
AI WEIWEIWe are not on – even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.
AI WEIWEIFreedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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