Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression. - Ai Weiwei

You see a Party system that crushes down anybody who [has] different opinions, who has different ideas in their mind. Simply to have different opinions can cost someone their life. They can be put in jail, they can be silenced, and they can [disappear]. And the other people would take it, not giving support.

They [the government] really want to maintain power. At the same time, they refuse to communicate. They refuse to have good intentions. They refuse to be sincere. How can that last?

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