I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
AI WEIWEII believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
AI WEIWEINationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.
AI WEIWEIIf a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
AI WEIWEIAs long as I can communicate, I’m not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn’t matter at all.
AI WEIWEII never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years.
AI WEIWEIThe tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
AI WEIWEITo work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It’s a very complicated process to do large projects.
AI WEIWEILife is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
AI WEIWEIIn China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
AI WEIWEIThe deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
AI WEIWEITo call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
AI WEIWEIThis week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years.
AI WEIWEII don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
AI WEIWEIMy definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.
AI WEIWEII never had a sense of home.
AI WEIWEIIt also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
AI WEIWEI