Anyone who cares about truth should avoid not politics, but Olympic lies. - Ai Weiwei

'Why are you so concerned about society?' That is always the question. And my answer is simple: 'Because you are an artist, you have to associate yourself with freedom of expression.'

I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable—how we decide what is valuable.

I often ask myself if I am afraid of being detained again. I love freedom as much as anybody else, maybe more than most. But it is a tragedy to live your life in fear. It is worse than actually losing your freedom.