Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
AI WEIWEIOf course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market.
AI WEIWEII believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
AI WEIWEIWhat counts in the end is what the government does.
AI WEIWEITechnology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution.
AI WEIWEIEvery day I’m learning something new from the practice. It’s very rewarding.
AI WEIWEIMany 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 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 WEIWEIMaybe being powerful means to be fragile.
AI WEIWEIOf course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you.
AI WEIWEIThe people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
AI WEIWEIEveryone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
AI WEIWEII also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
AI WEIWEII think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.’s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
AI WEIWEIWe should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind’s belief that we can better ourselves.
AI WEIWEIThe deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness – doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement.
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 WEIWEI