[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
AI WEIWEIChina hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that’s beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone’s emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment,
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I don’t like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat.
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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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And 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.
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As a total activity – I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Whenever 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.
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I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
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People who can’t do that don’t get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.
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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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In the end, I think, the state’s rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.
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