The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it's a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: "You and I are divided. We're different, and you're dangerous." That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It's dangerous to create that kind of tension.
Ai WeiweiBeijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.
Ai WeiweiEveryone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
Ai WeiweiI spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
Ai WeiweiI think itโs a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
Ai WeiweiTo experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling. It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
Ai Weiwei