There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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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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A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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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.
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And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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Everyone of us is a potential convict.
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The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
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