Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai World Expo show just how much effort China is willing to spend to enter the global… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China spends a lot of resources and effort on gaining soft power over culture. The hope is that it can be the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice.… — 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
At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year - 350,000 young and educated people. I know about… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Because of the economic crisis, China and the United States are bound together. This is a totally new phenomenon, and nobody will… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Once I was in New York, I completely had no interest for a long time in what happened in China because I… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
We should use this public sphere and redefine - beyond China's borders - what a government is allowed to do, where its… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I suddenly realized I was getting ten opening notes a day on my mobile phone, more than when I was in New… — 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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