Ai Weiwei Life Quotations

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.

So maybe there are three parts in my life - earlier background living in exile in Xinjiang in a very political circumstance, then later the United States from 24 to 36 years old. I was quite equipped with liberal thinking. Then the Internet. If there is no Internet, of course, I cannot really exercise my opinion or my ideas.

If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain

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

Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.

My childhood was quite extreme. Sometimes I was so weak I could not stand up. But now I am so strong. Life is unpredictable

Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.