I spend very little time just doing '“art as art.' - Ai Weiwei

The population is in a constant state of enforced dislocation. So let us hope that a totally new culture will come out of this.

I’ve never planned any part of my career—except being an artist. And I was pushed into that corner because I thought being an artist was the only way to have a little freedom.

The individual under this kind of life, with no rights, has absolutely no power in this land. How can they even ask you for creativity? Or imagination, or courage or passion?