Different Quotes by Ai Weiwei

17 Different quotes by Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei’s unapologetic stance emerges in seventeen statements, each underscoring the political and artistic weight of non‑conformity. His perspective turns difference into a powerful act of resistance and creativity.

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My image of what a city should be - the super-rich and all the poor and desperate and the people who have…

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My musician friends are banned from playing concerts in China because they share the same views as I do. My name cannot…

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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.

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Individual; that means he has his own special way to communicate, which creates the form of him. In the information age, this…

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The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution…

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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more…

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New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's…

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Now the British are coming. I think Cameron should ask the Chinese government not to make people 'disappear' or to jail them…

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I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are…

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China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance.…

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Many people I know - writers, poets - they have all been sentenced not once but sometimes three times after they come…

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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it's a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to…

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We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today's political leaders are still lacking of the vision. They very…

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The idea to use backpacks came from my visit to Sichuan after the earthquake in May 2008. During the earthquake many schools…

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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even…

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The demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.

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I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two…

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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.

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If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

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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…

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China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the…

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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.

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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…

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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.

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I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets…

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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…

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Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world…

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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

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Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all.

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