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Bowls Quote by Ai Weiwei

“I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and…” quote by Ai Weiwei — Download Open image

“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.”

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