It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare. — 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
Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think you can give meaning to any condition; you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don't… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If I walk on the street, if I go to a restaurant, people come to me and say: "Can we take a… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes, you know about the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way. — 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
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
Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression. — 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
China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
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
By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
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
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
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
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
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
Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
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… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
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… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share
![“I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.” quote by Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/ai-weiwei-824_bowls_i-think-the-pearls-one-is-a-necklace-and_1476045.jpg)
