Quotes by category:Thinking

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.

different evolution thinking

There's no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.

want feelings thinking

I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.

necklaces pearls thinking

Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

crazy meaningful thinking

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 - the project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It's always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.

play morning thinking

I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment.

reality art thinking

I never think any place is better than others. by Ai Weiwei

I never think any place is better than others.

I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.

chinese art thinking

Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world it is more dangerous. In the west people think it's a right they're born with. Here it's a right given by the government, and one that's not really practised.

government real thinking

You see so many people doing quite nice and respectful work, but nobody like Warhol. Warhol is outstanding. I think he has a value that is far from fully understood. He's very special for younger generations.

nice people thinking

I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let people know what is on your mind and why you're doing this.

artist people thinking

I always thought that in modern history Chinese people are like a dish of sand, never really close together. But I think a dish of sand is a good metaphor because we have the Internet. We don't have to be physically united. You can be an individual and have your own set of values but join others in certain struggles. There is nothing more powerful than that.

powerful struggle thinking

Hey, Hachi People always say that you only discover how precious something is after you lose it--- but I think, you only really recognize it... when you see it a second time face to face. -Nana Osaki

hey people thinking

People are only what they think of themselves. by Ai Yazawa

People are only what they think of themselves.

people thinking

Hey Nana, do you remember the first time we met? I beleive in things like fate. So I think it was fate.

hey fate thinking

Right now I am full of greed and vanity, so I cannot live with you like before. But may be we can meet like this. I think just being together and talking would be nice. But when we grow old, when greed and vanity will be completely gone, when I will be tired of singing can I return to that place too?

tired nice thinking

People can have lovers..they can have friends..they can be together..but when you think about it..you'll see that originally..we're alone

together people thinking

I don't think avoiding conflict is not caring. ~Shin by Ai Yazawa

I don't think avoiding conflict is not caring. ~Shin

conflict caring thinking

I think people should be proud of the work they do, whatever it is. I have this other arty side that loves creating homes. I can be happy going to the hardware store.

creating home thinking

I think that training is important. I think you need to learn as much as you can learn. I would say that it's important and probably crucial, but I wouldn't say that everyone has to have it.

training important thinking