Ai Weiwei Quotes, Art Quotes, Expression Quotes

Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.

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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. 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. Even today the borders they're seeing the physical borders are very different from the political borders. Because all those powers are so connected, and you cannot even see whose interest in what move.

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Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.

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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat. 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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I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.

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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp

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The IT people who have made such an effort to know and understand computer technology. They are frustrated that you cannot use Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in China. They are the first to recognize that the situation is terrible.

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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.

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You see so many people doing quite nice and respectful work, but nobody like Warhol. Warhol is outstanding. I think he has a value that is far from fully understood. He's very special for younger generations.

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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.

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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.

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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.

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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.

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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.

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So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake art and culture.

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I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.

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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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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

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The biggest obstacle in interacting with China is the difference in perspectives about basic values. These include issues such as human rights, the concept of law and constitution.

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If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.

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