If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
AI WEIWEIOrdinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
-
-
The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
AI WEIWEI -
If I look at it, I would laugh. I don’t know how I became successful.
AI WEIWEI -
The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
AI WEIWEI -
Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
AI WEIWEI -
If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
AI WEIWEI -
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.
AI WEIWEI -
If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
AI WEIWEI -
Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
AI WEIWEI -
The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
AI WEIWEI -
When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That’s dangerous for human development.
AI WEIWEI -
Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
AI WEIWEI -
You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
AI WEIWEI -
Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
AI WEIWEI -
We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
AI WEIWEI -
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.
AI WEIWEI