Ai Weiwei

Visual Arts Chinese 1957 101 quotes

A contemporary Chinese artist and activist, known for his provocative and politically charged works that often critique human rights issues and government censorship.

Quotes by Ai Weiwei

Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed.

Personal reflection 2010

In a society that censors, art becomes a form of resistance.

Book 2014

The personal is political, and art is personal.

Interview 2009

We all have a responsibility to speak out against injustice.

Speech 2013

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but truth is universal.

Letter 2011

Innovation comes from necessity and freedom.

Interview 2016

I don't make art for money; I make it for meaning.

Personal reflection 2008

History is written by those who survive to tell it.

Book 2012

Silence in the face of injustice is complicity.

Speech 2010

Art is the highest form of hope.

Interview 2015

Power corrupts, but art redeems.

Personal reflection 2009

Every artist is a citizen first.

Letter 2014

The soul of art is rebellion.

Book 2011

Truth is the artist's greatest weapon.

Speech 2007

In exile, one finds the true self.

Interview 2013

Culture is the oxygen of the soul.

Personal reflection 2012

Democracy begins with dialogue.

Speech 2016

Art without risk is no art at all.

Book 2008

The future belongs to the bold.

Interview 2010

Memory is the artist's archive.

Letter 2014