Ai Weiwei on Money
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Ai Weiwei, catalogued under money, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Ai Weiwei, entry #124936: "Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man."
Attributed to Ai Weiwei, entry #76968: "Beijing is two cities. One is of power and of money. People don’t care who their neighbors are; they don’t trust you. The other city is one of desperation. I see people on public …"
2 Quotes by Ai Weiwei on Money
"Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man."
"Beijing is two cities. One is of power and of money. People don’t care who their neighbors are; they don’t trust you. The other city is one of desperation. I see people on public buses, and I see their eyes, and I see they hold no hope. They can’t even imagine that they’ll be able to buy a house. They come from very poor villages where they’ve never seen electricity or toilet paper."