Ai Weiwei Quotes

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.

Ai Weiwei

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: May 18, 1957

Topics

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The images I like best are parts of series that I've started, in some cases, with the pregnancies of the mothers of the children in question, and I continue that series right on through the birth of children to the child that resulted from that first pregnancy.

Jock Sturges

ChildrenBestChildBirthRight

And I also felt that no one in an audience could abuse me worse than the sort of abuse I had had at work as a psychiatric nurse.

Jo Brand

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We're just one rock surrounded by this immense universe.

Matthew Stewart

UniverseRockSurroundedJust One

If you have a business that isn't growing the top line, it's very hard to deliver attractive returns to shareholders.

Soren Skou

BusinessYouGrowingTopHardLine

The U.S.-Israel alliance is a core part of our strategic position in the Middle East.

Tom Cotton

PositionCoreMiddleAllianceEast

The building art is, in reality, always the spatial execution of spiritual decisions. It is bound to its times and manifests itself only in addressing vital tasks with the means of its times. A knowledge of the times, its tasks, and its means is the necessary precondition of work in the building art.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

WorkKnowledgeArtSpiritualReality

I was a big fan of Ron Howard of course, so it was fantastic to meet him.

Josephine de La Baume

MeetHimBigBig FanFanCourse

Most of the things I've had a producorial involvement on began as things I was going to direct, or I set out to direct myself and realized either I don't have the fire in my belly to do it, or I don't feel like I've licked the story enough.

Jonathan Mostow

MyselfFireStoryFeelEnoughOut

I will greet every person who comes to my workshops and seminars.

Diamond Dallas Page

PersonWillWhoEveryGreet

I love acting, but music is so much more rewarding because it's more personal.

Drake Bell

LoveMusicActingPersonalMore

Most of what I wear, I select myself. You can't please everybody, and as long as I'm comfortable with what I wear, I think that's what's important.

Aretha Franklin

MyselfThinkLongYouImportant

In India, women are still the primary caregivers. Whether it be for children, whether it be for old people or sick people, you are the primary caregiver. No matter what position you are in.

Arundhati Bhattacharya

WomenChildrenPeopleSickYouOld

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