--- title: "33 Ifs Quotes By Ai Weiwei" description: "33 Ifs quotes by Ai Weiwei. Plus more from Ai Weiwei and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/ai-weiwei-824_disturbing_if-people-are-being-abused-or-even-kille_3092554.png" --- > [If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-people-are-being-abused-or-even-killed-during-an-arrest-this-is/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/ai-weiwei-824_disturbing_if-people-are-being-abused-or-even-kille_3092554.png) > [If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-a-nation-cannot-face-its-past-it-has-no-future/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/ai-weiwei-824_faces_if-a-nation-cannot-face-its-past-it-has_784811.png) > [If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-there-is-no-free-speech-every-single-life-has-lived-in-vain/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/ai-weiwei-824_communication_if-there-is-no-free-speech-every-single_1465014.png) > [If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-you-don-t-act-the-danger-becomes-stronger/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/ai-weiwei-824_danger_if-you-don-t-act-the-danger-becomes-stro_432904.png) > [If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-human-rights-are-supposed-to-have-any-meaning-then-they-have-to-be/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/ai-weiwei-824_human-rights_if-human-rights-are-supposed-to-have-any_2457609.png) > [If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-artists-cannot-speak-up-for-human-dignity-or-rights-then-who-else/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/ai-weiwei-824_art_if-artists-cannot-speak-up-for-human-dig_3008193.png) > [If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-shakespeare-were-alive-today-he-might-be-writing-on-twitter/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40e/ai-weiwei-824_alive_if-shakespeare-were-alive-today-he-might_256352.png) > [If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-civil-society-has-nobody-who-protects-the-law-then-what-kind-of/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/ai-weiwei-824_civil-society_if-civil-society-has-nobody-who-protects_3130345.png) > [I don't belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-don-t-belong-to-a-working-system-they-only-select-people-if-you/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/ai-weiwei-824_belong_i-don-t-belong-to-a-working-system-they_451155.png) > [ I don't think \[price\] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-don-t-think-price-reflects-if-the-work-is-good-or-bad-a-good-artist/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/ai-weiwei-824_art_i-don-t-think-price-reflects-if-the-work_657229.png) > [If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-there-s-the-right-condition-i-always-want-to-express-the-concept/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab4/ai-weiwei-824_concept_if-there-s-the-right-condition-i-always_904411.png) > [The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/the-internet-is-uncontrollable-and-if-the-internet-is-uncontrollable/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/298/ai-weiwei-824_freedom_the-internet-is-uncontrollable-and-if-th_2578884.png) > [Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/even-if-there-have-been-setbacks-during-these-past-years-china-is/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccb/ai-weiwei-824_china_even-if-there-have-been-setbacks-during_141173.png) > [Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/politics-is-like-air-and-water-and-you-know-if-there-is-bad-politics/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/562/ai-weiwei-824_air_politics-is-like-air-and-water-and-you-k_2000654.png) > [Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/even-if-i-have-hundreds-of-things-to-do-the-disconnected-feeling-is/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/ai-weiwei-824_disconnected_even-if-i-have-hundreds-of-things-to-do_1307563.png) > [Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/warhol-influenced-me-because-of-his-writing-if-i-had-never-read-his/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/847/ai-weiwei-824_artist_warhol-influenced-me-because-of-his-writ_2221345.png) > [In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/in-the-80s-you-couldn-t-walk-in-the-neighborhood-without-looking-back/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/ai-weiwei-824_80s_in-the-80s-you-couldn-t-walk-in-the-neig_1131394.jpg) > [I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-don-t-think-china-should-care-if-this-crazy-old-guy-should-have-a/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e2/ai-weiwei-824_care_i-don-t-think-china-should-care-if-this_241594.jpg) > [As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/as-a-person-i-was-born-to-give-out-my-opinions-by-giving-out-my/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bb/ai-weiwei-824_am_as-a-person-i-was-born-to-give-out-my-op_1180616.jpg) > [If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-it-s-possible-i-will-have-some-noodles-in-the-morning-and-start/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/ai-weiwei-824_finished_if-it-s-possible-i-will-have-some-noodle_811932.jpg) > [I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat. I don't care if this is a great cultural event…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-have-always-stated-i-designed-the-stadium-as-a-toilet-seat-i-don-t/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/ai-weiwei-824_care_i-have-always-stated-i-designed-the-stad_1615941.png) > [At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year - 350,000 young and educated people. I know about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/at-the-moment-about-350-000-students-return-to-china-from-abroad-each/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2c/ai-weiwei-824_ask-me_at-the-moment-about-350-000-students-ret_2642953.png) > [China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/china-has-not-established-the-rule-of-law-and-if-there-is-a-power/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/ai-weiwei-824_above_china-has-not-established-the-rule-of-la_2524455.png) > [If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection then? That's why there is such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-a-society-cannot-even-support-somebody-like-me-then-people-ask-who/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c94/ai-weiwei-824_asks_if-a-society-cannot-even-support-somebod_812273.jpg) > [If I walk on the street, if I go to a restaurant, people come to me and say: "Can we take a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-i-walk-on-the-street-if-i-go-to-a-restaurant-people-come-to-me-and/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b7/ai-weiwei-824_armani_if-i-walk-on-the-street-if-i-go-to-a-res_3076711.jpg) > [The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/the-world-is-not-changing-if-you-don-t-shoulder-the-burden-of/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/ai-weiwei-824_burden_the-world-is-not-changing-if-you-don-t-s_1105099.png) > [If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-i-look-at-it-i-would-laugh-i-don-t-know-how-i-became-successful/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/ai-weiwei-824_ifs_if-i-look-at-it-i-would-laugh-i-don-t-kn_606475.png) > [If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-you-just-turn-to-your-paper-or-television-each-day-there-are/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/ai-weiwei-824_artist_if-you-just-turn-to-your-paper-or-televi_1176407.png) > [ Many people are going to use \[Beijing National Stadium\], which makes it more meaningful. If we don't design it, somebody else has… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/many-people-are-going-to-use-beijing-national-stadium-which-makes-it/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/ai-weiwei-824_beijing_many-people-are-going-to-use-beijing-nat_2215122.png) > [I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-was-an-illegal-alien-for-many-many-years-i-couldn-t-move-if-i-moved/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/ai-weiwei-824_aliens_i-was-an-illegal-alien-for-many-many-yea_1819402.png) > [If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-i-really-have-nothing-to-do-i-just-watch-my-cats-take-some-photos/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/ai-weiwei-824_blogs_if-i-really-have-nothing-to-do-i-just-wa_1785333.png) > [If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-there-is-no-freedom-of-expression-then-the-beauty-of-life-is-lost/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/ai-weiwei-824_art_if-there-is-no-freedom-of-expression-the_596027.png) > [If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-we-all-say-the-same-thing-then-i-think-the-government-has-to/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/ai-weiwei-824_because_if-we-all-say-the-same-thing-then-i-thin_2570317.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Ai Weiwei > [I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-m-totally-independent-i-don-t-bear-any-responsibility-to-any-system/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-my-art-has-nothing-to-do-with-people-s-pain-and-sorrow-what-is-art/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/police-in-china-can-do-whatever-they-want-after-81-days-in-arbitrary/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/china-has-a-rich-history-that-has-spanned-millennia-it-consists-of/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/this-world-should-be-much-more-open-and-should-be-much-more-free-so/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/by-participating-in-the-society-we-live-in-we-understand-our/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-see-the-beijing-national-stadium-as-an-architectural-project-i/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [ I curated this show \[Shanghai Biennale \], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-curated-this-show-shanghai-biennale-i-was-by-no-means-trying-to/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-think-we-cannot-have-a-double-standard-we-cannot-see-our-art-as/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/it-doesn-t-matter-where-i-am-china-will-stay-in-me-i-don-t-know-how/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/chinese-citizens-have-never-had-the-right-to-really-express-their/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/your-own-acts-tell-the-world-who-you-are-and-what-kind-of-society-you/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/our-lives-are-bound-by-physical-limits-familial-ties-political/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/now-i-ve-come-to-such-a-mixed-culture-america-europe-south-america/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-don-t-think-it-s-worth-discussing-new-directions-in-the-context-of/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/ai-weiwei/#itemlist", "name": "33 Ifs Quotes By Ai Weiwei", "numberOfItems": 33, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ai Weiwei" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/if-people-are-being-abused-or-even-killed-during-an-arrest-this-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/ai-weiwei-824_disturbing_if-people-are-being-abused-or-even-kille_3092554.png", "contentUrl": 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