The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it’s a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: “You and I are divided.
AI WEIWEIWhenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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They’ve become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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That’s why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren’t cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?
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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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We 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.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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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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Once you’ve tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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