Ai Weiwei Quotations

Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.

Everyone of us is a potential convict.

Liberty is about our rights to question everything.

Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution. Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.

Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.

The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.

Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature.

The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.

A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.