--- title: "4 Censorship Quotes By Ai Weiwei" description: "4 Censorship quotes by Ai Weiwei. Plus more from Ai Weiwei and more Censorship sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/ai-weiwei-824_censorship_self-censorship-is-insulting-to-the-self_422387.png" --- > [Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/self-censorship-is-insulting-to-the-self-timidity-is-a-hopeless-way/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/ai-weiwei-824_censorship_self-censorship-is-insulting-to-the-self_422387.png) > [When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/when-you-have-strict-censorship-of-the-internet-young-students-cannot/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/ai-weiwei-824_cannot_when-you-have-strict-censorship-of-the-i_572918.png) > [ The \[China\] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/the-china-government-has-improved-in-the-last-years-of-course-the/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e91/ai-weiwei-824_censorship_the-china-government-has-improved-in-the_1380227.png) > [Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/censorship-is-saying-i-m-the-one-who-says-the-last-sentence-whatever/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/252/ai-weiwei-824_censorship_censorship-is-saying-i-m-the-one-who-say_2482141.jpg) ## Other authors on Censorship - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/ray-bradbury/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-salman-rushdie-82434.jpg) Salman Rushdie 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/salman-rushdie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-judy-blume-54057.jpg) Judy Blume 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/judy-blume/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rebecca-mackinnon-77802.jpg) Rebecca MacKinnon 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/rebecca-mackinnon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-george-bernard-shaw-68.jpg) George Bernard Shaw 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/george-bernard-shaw/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-orwell-37887.jpg) George Orwell 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/george-orwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-g-r-reader-31875.jpg) G.R. Reader 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/g-r-reader/) - [Oliver Markus Malloy 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/oliver-markus-malloy/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-o-douglas-95752.jpg) William O. Douglas 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/william-o-douglas/) - [Mark Twain 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julian-assange-54221.jpg) Julian Assange 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/julian-assange/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-suzy-kassem-596.jpg) Suzy Kassem 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/suzy-kassem/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/censorship/ai-weiwei/#itemlist", "name": "4 Censorship Quotes By Ai Weiwei", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Self-censorship is insulting to the self. 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