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title: "2 Banned Quotes By Ai Weiwei"
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> [Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/recently-i-danced-in-a-video-spoof-of-the-song-gangnam-style-and-it/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/ai-weiwei-824_banned_recently-i-danced-in-a-video-spoof-of-th_401724.png)

> [My musician friends are banned from playing concerts in China because they share the same views as I do. My name cannot appear on the web, because my opinion is different from the Party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/my-musician-friends-are-banned-from-playing-concerts-in-china-because/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/ai-weiwei-824_banned_my-musician-friends-are-banned-from-play_1358220.png)

## More by Ai Weiwei

> [I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-m-totally-independent-i-don-t-bear-any-responsibility-to-any-system/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-my-art-has-nothing-to-do-with-people-s-pain-and-sorrow-what-is-art/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/police-in-china-can-do-whatever-they-want-after-81-days-in-arbitrary/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/china-has-a-rich-history-that-has-spanned-millennia-it-consists-of/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/this-world-should-be-much-more-open-and-should-be-much-more-free-so/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/by-participating-in-the-society-we-live-in-we-understand-our/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-see-the-beijing-national-stadium-as-an-architectural-project-i/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [ I curated this show \[Shanghai Biennale \], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-curated-this-show-shanghai-biennale-i-was-by-no-means-trying-to/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-think-we-cannot-have-a-double-standard-we-cannot-see-our-art-as/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/it-doesn-t-matter-where-i-am-china-will-stay-in-me-i-don-t-know-how/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/chinese-citizens-have-never-had-the-right-to-really-express-their/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/your-own-acts-tell-the-world-who-you-are-and-what-kind-of-society-you/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/our-lives-are-bound-by-physical-limits-familial-ties-political/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/now-i-ve-come-to-such-a-mixed-culture-america-europe-south-america/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-don-t-think-it-s-worth-discussing-new-directions-in-the-context-of/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

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