For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
AI WEIWEIFor those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes.
AI WEIWEII don’t think there is a distinct change, because in the West I’m not a person who can serve his purpose.
AI WEIWEIAnd the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
AI WEIWEIMy typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
AI WEIWEIStupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
AI WEIWEITo give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It’s not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
AI WEIWEIThe leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.
AI WEIWEII am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
AI WEIWEIFor me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
AI WEIWEII saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
AI WEIWEIEveryone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
AI WEIWEIMaybe being powerful means to be fragile.
AI WEIWEIAs a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It’s a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don’t know who you are and why you are here.
AI WEIWEIThrough my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
AI WEIWEICivilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful.
AI WEIWEILife is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
AI WEIWEI