It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
AI WEIWEIIt also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
AI WEIWEIMy definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
AI WEIWEITo experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling.
AI WEIWEIThis is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
AI WEIWEI[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don’t care about culture.
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 WEIWEII grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
AI WEIWEII think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
AI WEIWEIChina didn’t want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul – which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless,
AI WEIWEISelling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
AI WEIWEII have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
AI WEIWEIYour own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
AI WEIWEIThe media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it…it’s very disturbing.
AI WEIWEII deal with students every day – from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I’ve noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics.
AI WEIWEIIf it’s possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head.
AI WEIWEINow you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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