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  • I was in the most restricted prison in China, the most tough. The design of the prison is modeled for internal crimes of the Communist party, so it's like a mafia family's law. It's independent to the law this nation openly applies. It's the place they take you before they give you over to the judicial system. You stay there for a year or two and they make you really suffer to confess everything.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Party Quotes , Independent Quotes
  • We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Country Quotes , Sacrifice Quotes
  • Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Bridges Quotes , Injustice Quotes
  • For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political. You don't have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Giving Up Quotes , Mean Quotes
  • If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head - the project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It's always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Morning Quotes , Thinking Quotes
  • When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called "Fifth Generation." I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Real Quotes , School Quotes
  • We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind's belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , War Quotes , Expression Quotes