Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossib... -Ai Weiwei

Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature.

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Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, activist, and filmmaker. He is known for his provocative artworks and his outspoken criticism of the Chinese government's human rights policies. Ai Weiwei's art and activism have made him a prominent figure in the international art world and a symbol of resistance against censorship and oppression.

Ai Weiwei Quotes to Explore

China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice. Everybody can be subjected to harm. I'm ju...

As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I ...

Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature....

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our pro...

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and h...

I'm always followed by two or three cars and have police around. Even walking in the park, you see them taking photos behind the bushes and trying to ...

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. ...

The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative o...

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 f...

This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People ...

Design Quotes to Explore

London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design....

I don't like the idea that the first preparation when you start to design your building has to put your label. I think this is not fair. It's not fair...

I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today....

Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer. So my being able to reach ...

There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple....

'Commercial' is not the word that has to be said only by CEOs. It has to be something that is maybe the essence of design, because design has some sor...

There's always so much more that can be conveyed on screen visually in the expressions of people's faces, in their bodies, in their body language. And...

I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over....

The emphasis and value on ideas and original thinking is an innate part of British culture, and in many ways, that describes the traditions of design....

Above all, John Galliano menswear is all about good design. And men have been short-changed by good design for too long....