Beijing Quote by Ai Weiwei Download Open image “Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.” — Ai Weiwei ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Beijing Cities Conditions Constant Nightmare
To my child's eyes, which had seen nothing else, Shanghai was a waking dream where everything I could imagine had already been taken to… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
If you've been to China, you know there are over 100 cities in China, and the pollution levels are just horrific - 60,000 people… — Peter Navarro Copy Share Image
“In Shanghai's prime, no city in the Orient, or the world for that matter, could compare with it. At the peak of its spectacular… — Stella Dong Copy Share Image
There is something in Shanghai that is very exciting and alive - the idea of a city with two different souls, one from today… — Alessandro Michele Copy Share Image
Me and my family all like Shanghai, and I'm slowly getting used to the city and the atmosphere. — Carlos Tevez Copy Share Image
My hometown is a very boring city. There isn't a lot of industry - there are a lot of trees. It's not like Beijing… — Liu Wen Copy Share Image
Go walk the streets of Beijing. It's pretty hard to argue it isn't a modern city. Now, if you go outside [of Beijing], in… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
People there only dream that it is China, because if you are Chinese you can never let go of China in your mind. — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for? — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to obey their… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
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… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter where I am - China will stay in me. I don't know how far I can still walk on this road… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I painted the words "GREAT ADVENTURE" in Beijing, Dallas, San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Japan. What it means to me is completely different to everybody… — Ben Eine Copy Share Image
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… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Often GOP political strategy seems like the human wave theory of the Chinese military translated to politics. Where Beijing uses masses of soldiers to… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
Air pollution is my biggest concern right now. Maybe because I live in Beijing, and in this city we have such severe challenges due… — Li Bingbing Copy Share Image
Well it did not make excessive sense to say that 20 million people are the recognized government of a billion people that have their… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Vancouver. I moved to Beijing in 2010 just before the Olympics. Being an Asian Canadian actor, the amount… — Osric Chau Copy Share Image
By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle.… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council. — Li Zhaoxing Copy Share Image
Space is about 100 kilometers away. That’s far away—I wouldn’t want to climb a ladder to get there—but it isn’t that far away. If… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing was that I was putting pressure on myself leading up to Beijing. Now I am learning how to take… — Ryan Hall Copy Share Image
My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do. — Shawn Johnson Copy Share Image