The rest of the world understands little about China’s changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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I don’t think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not.
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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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I want people to see their own power.
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There’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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Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I’ll find my way – or get totally lost.
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They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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To 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.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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