Anyone fighting for freedom does not want to totally lose their freedom. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
There's no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling,… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school,… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China partially wants to become part of the world. By hosting the Olympics and the Expo, they made a big effort to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum. A few thousand… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I think Chinese leadership is trying to tell the world they have another set of logic or reasoning or values which are… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
China didn't want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to… — 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… — 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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