It became like a symbolic thing, to be โan artist.โ After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
Ai WeiweiThe demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.
Ai WeiweiI 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. 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.
Ai Weiwei