Ai Weiwei Quotes

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength.

Ai Weiwei

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: May 18, 1957

Topics

StrengthFreedomCourageBirdPeople

My hatred is precious. I don't want to waste it on those who are colluding in their own oppression.

Andrea Dworkin

WantOppressionHatredPreciousOwn

I have my struggles. But I'm doing whatever it takes to be an artist, to be the best technical jumper I can be, the best spinner I can be. Nothing is easy about that. But I'm doing whatever I can to be the best.

Max Aaron

BestDoingEasyArtistI CanTakes

I know My God commands, whose power no power resists.

Robert Greene

GodPowerKnowWhoseCommands

I think art teaches us how to feel, what our parameters can be, what sensations can be like; it makes you more engaged with life.

Jeff Koons

LifeArtThinkFeelYouMore

The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do.

Steven Soderbergh

ChangeBusinessGreatTimeDieYou

It's not right to say that our loss in Vietnam turned out to be a gain. But lessons were learned. And they were the right lessons.

Tom Clancy

LossSayRightOutGainVietnam

I'm very objective driven, so for me it's very important to know who I'm fighting, when I'm fighting, and roughly the direction I'm working in. It gives me that little extra push to do what I need to do to get the sessions, to work towards something.

Robert Whittaker

WorkMeDirectionFightingPush

The NBA playoffs have the highest ceiling in all of sports.

Rowan Ricardo Phillips

SportsCeilingPlayoffsNBAHighest

Is it really selling out if it feeds your family?

Michael Madsen

FamilySellingOutYourReally

'In Cold Blood' is not a thriller at all, really. It is, however, the first work of its kind: a true crime book that reads like fiction.

Lisa Unger

WorkBookColdBloodKindTrue

The gas-giant planets in our solar system all have large moons.

Debra Fischer

SolarSolar SystemSystemPlanets

There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry.

Donald G. Mitchell

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