I’m not sure I’m good at art, but I find an escape in it. - Ai Weiwei

They know too many things they should not know and they do not know some things they need to know.

Tax crimes should be investigated by the tax bureau, not through secret police detention.

The state is taking action against people who have peacefully demonstrated their ideas. They are writers—all they did is to express their minds through the Internet. So the pattern is very clear. The state tries to maintain stability by crushing any thought of making change. It could happen to me, because I did the same thing and in many cases I went much further and deeper. But I always think the government can learn from their mistakes—they should learn and understand; they should be just as intelligent as anyone else.