Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources. - Ai Weiwei

The Chinese [government] only superficially speaks the language of the international community.

The Sichuan disaster is not the first nor the most wrongful. But all the details of this tragedy will be forgotten, and once again it will be like nothing ever happened. Eventually all these disasters will together create a bizarre miracle called civilization and evolution.

I loved New York—every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong—visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.