Ai Weiwei Needs Quotations

Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength.

I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need.

To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

Art needs to stand for something.

You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.

If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.