The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that’s all I know.
AI WEIWEIThe motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that’s all I know.
AI WEIWEII hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
AI WEIWEII have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
AI WEIWEIAfter I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
AI WEIWEIAnd who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would’ve lost the ground to win.
AI WEIWEII am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
AI WEIWEII never had a sense of home.
AI WEIWEIIt’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.
AI WEIWEII think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
AI WEIWEIYou only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it’s necessary or that it’s not even worth to do it.
AI WEIWEIOrdinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
AI WEIWEIWe are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
AI WEIWEIOf course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
AI WEIWEITo call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
AI WEIWEISociety becomes very destructive.
AI WEIWEIOtherwise, 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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