Ai Weiwei Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Past Quotes

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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No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.

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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.

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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.

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I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

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Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.

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I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don't think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.

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Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.

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I never regret anything.

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Dont retreat. Retweet!

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

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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.

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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.

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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.

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It [success] is really by mistake.

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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.

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...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.

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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?

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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.

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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.

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