I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
AI WEIWEILife is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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I don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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They’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.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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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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I’m just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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You don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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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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