I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
AI WEIWEIThe people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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Creativity is the power to act.
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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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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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These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.
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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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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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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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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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