The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination.

Ai Weiwei
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  1. When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. - Jess C. Scott

  2. As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin. - Pablo Neruda

  3. The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply about anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, any happiness is only temporary, because there's nothing to make it last. - Nicholas Sparks

  4. Sex is the consolation you have when you can't have love - Unknown

  5. By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this --One of you is lying. - Dorothy Parker

More Quotes By Ai Weiwei
  1. We are living in a very complex society. It puts me in a complex frame of thinking.

  2. Because of the economic crisis, China and the United States are bound together. This is a totally new phenomenon, and nobody will fight for ideology anymore. It's all about business.

  3. China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my slightest, most innocuous move can - and often is - censored by Chinese authorities.

  4. Everyone wants an i Phone, but it would be impossible to design an i Phone in China because it's not a product; it's an understanding of human nature.

  5. The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength.

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