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[Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.

Ai Weiwei

Many 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.
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Design Make Meaningful People Use
The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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Attitude Different More Much Open Realize Society Way
Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that’s the 1980s. New York in the ’80s was not so interesting.
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Artist Encouragement New York
The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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Developed Established Government Ignored Internet Longer Pressure Sphere
In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.
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Ago Art Contemporary Museum Until Year
Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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Equal Equip Express Independent Information Knowledge Mind Opportunity
For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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Breathe Express Heart Long Myself Pumping
The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there’s still a one-party system and strong censorship.
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Censorship Government Last Party Stem Strong Year
We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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Civilized Create Dangerous Different Human Stop Tension Thinking
Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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Car Enjoy Overturning Police Probably Sport Super-intense Workout
Each year, more people want to become artists.
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Artist People Year
If 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.
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Few Head Morning Noodle Play Possible Project Start Think Thinking
Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it’s not a product; it’s an understanding of human nature.
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Country Design Everyone iPhone Product Understanding Want
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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Contradictory Feeling Home Identity Question Require Sense Trust
I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we’ll have competition.
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Country Opportunity Partner Strategic Strong Winning
It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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Aware Country Easy Govern Job

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