My own Quote by Ai Weiwei Download Open image “For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.” — Ai Weiwei ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare My own Opening Years
No one ever wanted to hire me. Ever. I've never been recruited anywhere. I have beat my head against every wall, at every place… — Scott Pelley Copy Share Image
I didn't even want to be a manager, I was just given an opportunity to do it and felt I shouldn't say no. — Eddie Howe Copy Share Image
In my career quite a few people have tried to force me out, but so far no one has succeeded. — Ferdinand Piech Copy Share Image
Despite facing rejections, I did not give in or take any other route. I was always open to face rejections. I took it in… — Nikki Tamboli Copy Share Image
I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do. — Namie Amuro Copy Share Image
I was rejected a lot in the early days - I think I heard the word 'no' nine times - and I began to… — Cafu Copy Share Image
That didn't happen. Still, I had six pretty good years and one where I didn't reach what I wanted for myself or the club.… — Bryan Robson Copy Share Image
No one wanted to hire me. No newspaper, television station, television network that I worked for ever wanted to hire me. — Scott Pelley 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
Every time I finish a song... most of the time it's in my own head, like this sounds too much like a Townes Van… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
I want to make my music and be a happy woman, a good wife, a good mom and one day hopefully have a child… — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I get very anti-social, depressed and irritable with people. I don't have time for them. I can't make phone calls and stuff. I just… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late. — Jim Diamond Copy Share Image
Bernie [Ecclestone] is the commercial rights holder so the more outgoing the champion is, the better. Of course. I also do think about our… — Bernie Ecclestone Copy Share Image
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image