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"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. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works."

Ai Weiwei on Architecture

More quotes about Architecture

  • "We shape our buildings thereafter they shape us."

    Winston Churchill on Architecture

  • "Whatever good things we build end up building us."

    Jim Rohn on Architecture

  • "I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build."

    Ayn Rand on Architecture

  • "A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom."

    Ayn Rand on Architecture

  • "Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age."

    Frank Lloyd Wright on Architecture

More quotes by Ai Weiwei

  • "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 proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture."

  • "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."

  • "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 proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture."

  • "When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues."

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