I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
AI WEIWEIEven if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China’s society is opening.
More Ai Weiwei Quotes
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Selling high or low doesn’t mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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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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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we’ll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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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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I don’t think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.
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If my art has nothing to do with people’s pain and sorrow, what is ‘art’ for?
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum.
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And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society – the kind of mistreatment society gave him.
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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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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.
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Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don’t act, then the result is very clear.
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