Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.
AI WEIWEIThey’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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To give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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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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There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US – from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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Nationality started as something natural, but we should not be restrained by the old politics that make up these clear lines. It should have its own way of evolving. In some places, it will evolve slower and in others, faster.
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The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share our perceptions and feelings. It creates a culture of individualism and exchange even though the real society doesn’t promote it.
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So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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