I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick.… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city,… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat. I don't care if this is a great cultural event… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Beijing's Olympics were very grand - they were trying to throw a party for the world, but the hosts didn't enjoy it.… — 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
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
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