I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
AI WEIWEIThere’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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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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I don’t personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else’s hand, or many people’s hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it’s all we need.
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The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.
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It’s not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China’s problems are not just China’s problems – they’re human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.
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There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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