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 WEIWEII’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
AI WEIWEIChina didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
AI WEIWEIAnd the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
AI WEIWEISelf-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
AI WEIWEISociety becomes very destructive.
AI WEIWEIThe whole Chinese system – not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society – is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information.
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 WEIWEINow I’ve come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable.
AI WEIWEIOf course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
AI WEIWEIWhen you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
AI WEIWEIIf you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
AI WEIWEIIf human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
AI WEIWEIIt became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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 WEIWEIPeople have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China’s relationship with the outside world.
AI WEIWEI