We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it? — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society, — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression […] I don’t think anybody can separate… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll just clearly tell you: Whatever I… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that's the 1980s. New York in the '80s was… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I'm doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I've been… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist. — 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
China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
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
By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
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
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
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
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
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
Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
Now I've come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
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