Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
AI WEIWEILife is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
AI WEIWEII think to deal with the situation like human crisis, 65 million people being displaced, lost their home, and with such human tragedy, has to make every level of society to be conscious and to be alert about the situation.
AI WEIWEITo the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
AI WEIWEII think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
AI WEIWEI[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don’t care about culture.
AI WEIWEII think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
AI WEIWEII am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
AI WEIWEIEveryone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
AI WEIWEIThey see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own – cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.
AI WEIWEIMy definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
AI WEIWEII spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
AI WEIWEIDictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
AI WEIWEII wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
AI WEIWEIIt is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
AI WEIWEIDemocracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
AI WEIWEIWe literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet.
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