My activism is a part of me. If my art has anything to do with me, then my activism is part of my art. - Ai Weiwei

It doesn’t matter where I am—China will stay in me. I don’t know how far I can still walk on this road and what is the limit.

Today, the West feels very shy about human rights and the political situation. They’re in need of money. But every penny they borrowed or made from China has really come as a result of how this nation sacrificed everybody’s rights. With globalization and the Internet, we all know it. Don’t pretend you don’t know it. The Western politicians—shame on them if they say they’re not responsible for this. It’s getting worse, and it will keep getting worse.

They have to have an enemy. They have to create you as their enemy in order for them to continue their existence. It’s very ironic.