Now I've come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think I'm just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there's no bridge, you build one. I'm used to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China hasn't only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it's become a problem. The problem is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China's future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems.… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
We never really see the global situation as a total situation. Today's political leaders are still lacking of the vision. They very… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
This nation is notorious for its ability to make or fake anything cheaply. 'Made-in-China' goods now fill homes around the world. But… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for? — 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 Image
China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
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 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
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 Image
I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
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