Ai Weiwei Quotes

I don’t think I was very structured in that society and I don’t really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.

If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?

If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.

This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.

A clear understanding of such differences will help the rest of the world understand China and all that is happening to the nation.

I don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.

The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China’s future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state.

I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.

In China, we don’t have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn’t even have a gallery.

I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.