430 Quotes by Ai Weiwei

I never had a sense of home.

I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].

[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.

Any design, any city, any kind of craziness or tragedy, it all comes from a long time of preparation.

The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.

I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.

I'm doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I've been preparing for half a year. I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there - any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog. I'm just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.

Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture.