"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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Source : "Ai Weiwei: the dissident artist" by Hari Kunzru, www.theguardian.com. May 27, 2011.

Ai Weiwei

#Creativity Quotes #Past Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“My parents, neither one of them went to college. That wasn't available to them. But, you know, we had a wonderful life. You know, it - you know, we lived in what would now be considered poverty, but, you know, it didn't feel like poverty when I was living it. I had a great time and got a - had a great experience. I went to Catholic school through high school. I had a wonderful education.”
“You certainly can't tell anything from the microscopic structure of the brain whether the person was an idiot or a genius.”
“I think the amazing thing about Twin Peaks was that it completely changed television from that point forward.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.”
“Even today, you get criticized if you're staying at home, because you're not doing enough with your life, but you get criticized for being a career woman because you're not raising your kids.”
“I was being thrown to the wolves. Even though I did something great, nobody wanted to be a part of it. I was so isolated. I couldn't share it. For many years, even after Jackie Robinson, baseball was so segregated, really. You just didn't expect us to have a chance to do anything. Baseball was meant for the lily-white.”
“Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.”
“On our first tour we just went full on, drinking too much and smoking too much before the shows. But it's a learning curve. We now know our limits.”

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