I think it’s more important to show your work to the public.
AI WEIWEIThere’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I’m not nostalgic about the old city. I don’t enjoy it that much.
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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that’s the true crime.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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It 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.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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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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