--- title: "24 Kind Quotes By Ai Weiwei" description: "24 Kind quotes by Ai Weiwei. Plus more from Ai Weiwei and more Kind sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/ai-weiwei-824_cities_any-design-any-city-any-kind-of-crazines_2641457.png" --- > [Any design, any city, any kind of craziness or tragedy, it all comes from a long time of preparation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/any-design-any-city-any-kind-of-craziness-or-tragedy-it-all-comes/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/ai-weiwei-824_cities_any-design-any-city-any-kind-of-crazines_2641457.png) > [I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-often-feel-more-disgust-than-pride-about-this-kind-of-success-so/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e6/ai-weiwei-824_disgust_i-often-feel-more-disgust-than-pride-abo_511354.png) > [I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-grew-up-in-a-desert-which-has-no-kind-of-imagination/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/ai-weiwei-824_creativity_i-grew-up-in-a-desert-which-has-no-kind_1404376.png) > [ I never saw \[Allen Ginsberg\] as some kind of crazy figure. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-never-saw-allen-ginsberg-as-some-kind-of-crazy-figure/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/ai-weiwei-824_crazy_i-never-saw-allen-ginsberg-as-some-kind_2332293.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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a9/ai-weiwei-824_action_your-own-acts-tell-the-world-who-you-are_114197.png) > [The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/the-fantasy-we-had-with-pearls-was-always-so-luxurious-and-unique/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/ai-weiwei-824_fantasy_the-fantasy-we-had-with-pearls-was-alway_432241.png) > [To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/to-call-yourself-a-chinese-artist-or-woman-artist-or-african-artist/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/ai-weiwei-824_art_to-call-yourself-a-chinese-artist-or-wom_2760450.png) > [My image of what a city should be - the super-rich and all the poor and desperate and the people who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/my-image-of-what-a-city-should-be-the-super-rich-and-all-the-poor-and/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/ai-weiwei-824_cities_my-image-of-what-a-city-should-be-the-su_3038544.png) > [It's really rubbish that some kind of "technical" learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/it-s-really-rubbish-that-some-kind-of-technical-learning-means-you/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/ai-weiwei-824_being-a-better-perso_it-s-really-rubbish-that-some-kind-of-te_1850164.png) > [I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-think-the-pearls-one-is-a-necklace-and-another-you-have-five/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/243/ai-weiwei-824_bowls_i-think-the-pearls-one-is-a-necklace-and_1476045.jpg) > [I don't personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-don-t-personally-feel-any-association-with-a-kind-of-culture/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/ai-weiwei-824_association_i-don-t-personally-feel-any-association_3194174.png) > [I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-think-of-art-as-coming-from-daily-life-daily-experience-i-think-it/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4da/ai-weiwei-824_art_i-think-of-art-as-coming-from-daily-life_2833048.png) > [When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/when-i-first-got-into-the-first-year-study-after-the-cultural/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d7/ai-weiwei-824_conditions_when-i-first-got-into-the-first-year-stu_1144260.jpg) > [I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-don-t-think-my-father-had-a-direct-influence-on-me-but-i-do-think/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/836/ai-weiwei-824_conditions_i-don-t-think-my-father-had-a-direct-inf_1647867.png) > [I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-think-u-s-and-china-is-a-big-opportunity-to-be-seen-as-partner-or/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e4/ai-weiwei-824_china_i-think-u-s-and-china-is-a-big-opportuni_1064650.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) > [Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/warhol-came-from-an-ordinary-family-and-he-had-a-profound/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/ai-weiwei-824_art_warhol-came-from-an-ordinary-family-and_2054490.png) > [Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/of-course-most-luxury-goods-in-china-are-for-corrupted-officials-and/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/ai-weiwei-824_china_of-course-most-luxury-goods-in-china-are_1138120.jpg) > [The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it's a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/the-united-states-is-a-melting-pot-like-john-f-kennedy-said-it-s-a/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/ai-weiwei-824_civilized_the-united-states-is-a-melting-pot-like_723501.png) > [You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it's necessary or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/you-only-have-temporary-curiosity-amusement-and-challenges-but-that/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/ai-weiwei-824_activity_you-only-have-temporary-curiosity-amusem_1730043.jpg) > [For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes, you know about the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/for-those-actors-and-directors-who-produce-films-which-are-always/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/ai-weiwei-824_actors_for-those-actors-and-directors-who-produ_534159.png) > [I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-never-felt-like-a-chinese-citizen-because-i-was-pushed-away-at-a/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a3/ai-weiwei-824_age_i-never-felt-like-a-chinese-citizen-beca_1867185.jpg) > [I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it. They see how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/i-think-china-is-laughing-about-the-results-of-the-presidential/) [Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8a/ai-weiwei-824_difficulty_i-think-china-is-laughing-about-the-resu_1718216.png) ## Other authors on Kind ## 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/kind/ai-weiwei/#itemlist", "name": "24 Kind Quotes By Ai Weiwei", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Any design, any city, any kind of craziness or tragedy, it all comes from a long time of preparation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ai Weiwei" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/any-design-any-city-any-kind-of-craziness-or-tragedy-it-all-comes/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/ai-weiwei-824_cities_any-design-any-city-any-kind-of-crazines_2641457.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/ai-weiwei-824_cities_any-design-any-city-any-kind-of-crazines_2641457.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/ai-weiwei-824_cities_any-design-any-city-any-kind-of-crazines_2641457.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Any design, any city, any kind of craziness or tragedy, it all comes from a long time of preparation.” — Ai Weiwei", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. 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My father, a writer, was…” — Ai Weiwei", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 24, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it. They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own - cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. 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