My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface; I wish I could find out more. — 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
Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be. — 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
Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance.… — 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
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
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
I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I always thought that in modern history Chinese people are like a dish of sand, never really close together. But I think… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think I'm just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there's no bridge, you build one. I'm used to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Now the British are coming. I think Cameron should ask the Chinese government not to make people 'disappear' or to jail them… — 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
The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella, — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The whole Chinese system - not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it,… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I deal with students every day - from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I've noticed that the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share… — 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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