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.
AI WEIWEII also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I’m totally independent. I don’t bear any responsibility to any system.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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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 don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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I don’t care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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What counts in the end is what the government does.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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