430 Quotes by Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei Quotes By Tag



  • Author Ai Weiwei
  • Quote

    My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ai Weiwei
  • Quote

    I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ai Weiwei
  • Quote

    We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ai Weiwei
  • Quote

    I'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many things to do; I cannot finish them now.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ai Weiwei
  • Quote

    Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word - even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.

  • Share


  • Author Ai Weiwei
  • Quote

    To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

  • Tags
  • Share