If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it? — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I don't belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that. — 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
I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many… — 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
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
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
If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection then? That's why there is such… — 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
The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that? — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don't design it, somebody else has… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat. I don't care if this is a great cultural event… — 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
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