It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor… — 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… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I can still wake up the next day and feel that there's something that needs to be done, which always amuses me. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest… — 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
China seems unpredictable because it has a distinct culture and social system. It is still a mystery to other parts of the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I loved New York—every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so… — 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
As a total activity - I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature. — 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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