"Everything is art. Everything is politics."

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Source : "Weiwei-isms, By Ai Weiwei, trans. Larry Warsh". www.independent.co.uk. January 11, 2013.

Ai Weiwei

#Art Quotes #World Quotes #Changing The World Quotes

“In August, 1900, [Friedrich] Nietzsche was laid to rest Nietzsche, as the apostle of atheism, heralded the darkest century the world has ever known.”
“I could spit dust I'm so mad. He wants to put violins on my new session. I'll die before I'll go all the way pop.”
“A handicapped person is a human being with the same heart as anyone else. It's not a misfortune if you can't hear-it's just an inconvenience.”
“In a city like London, the fact that cultures live together and cross-fertilize is a beautiful and natural thing. The many cultures in Amsterdam contribute to the city's high level of craziness - something which every interesting city should offer. But sometimes immigrants can live in parallel worlds which can exclude others and not be very attractive.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“The federal government is a machine designed to increase its control over the lives of average Americans. It is constantly probing here, pushing there, and generally increasing its control. Without a philosophically sound, constitutionally based political party opposing that process, it is going to continue to do so with impunity.”
“Get busy living, or get busy dying.”
“Poetry is the voice of the soul, whispering, celebrating, singing, even.”
“I think the quality of sexiness comes from within.”

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