This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to… — 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
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
We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind's belief that we… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else.… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Now the British are coming. I think Cameron should ask the Chinese government not to make people 'disappear' or to jail them… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
We should use this public sphere and redefine - beyond China's borders - what a government is allowed to do, where its… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
My image of what a city should be - the super-rich and all the poor and desperate and the people who have… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more… — 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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