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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.

Ai Weiwei

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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Fragile Mean Powerful Recovery
The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Collapse Lst People Power Someone Very Weak Whisper Word
China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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Balance Existed Nation One Day Problem Richer Whole World
It’s like the mountains, the ocean and the rivers. It has its own geological forms. Societies cannot be flat. But during change, human rights, human dignity and free speech have to be protected. Otherwise, we’ll be going backward.
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Backward Form Geographical Human Mountain Ocean Protected Right Speech
Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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Age Craziness Create Name Time
I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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Artist Boundaries Extend Looking Possible
Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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Application Art Look School Statistic Student Ten Thousand
Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don’t consider it home.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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Burden Changing Responsibility Shoulder World
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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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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Clear Expression March Mean Minded Own Tiananmen
I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it’s empty.
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So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.
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Country Democracy Granted Liberty Think Today True Worse
[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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Care Culture Furthest Maybe People Understand

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