A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
AI WEIWEIA lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
AI WEIWEII am everywhere and I am nowhere. That’s the beauty of the Internet Age.
AI WEIWEII was in the most restricted prison in China, the most tough. The design of the prison is modeled for internal crimes of the Communist party, so it’s like a mafia family’s law. It’s independent to the law this nation openly applies.
AI WEIWEIWithout freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
AI WEIWEII think the pearls – one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl – really show a kind of [society] condition.
AI WEIWEILiberty is about our rights to question everything.
AI WEIWEIAs a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am.
AI WEIWEI…photographs are facts, but not necessarily true… The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
AI WEIWEIHad I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
AI WEIWEIFor years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
AI WEIWEISo, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.
AI WEIWEII think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it.
AI WEIWEIWe never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today’s political leaders are still lacking of the vision.
AI WEIWEIThey lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
AI WEIWEI[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
AI WEIWEII 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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