Ai Weiwei Quotes

So maybe there are three parts in my life - earlier background living in exile in Xinjiang in a very political circumstance, then later the United States from 24 to 36 years old. I was quite equipped with liberal thinking. Then the Internet. If there is no Internet, of course, I cannot really exercise my opinion or my ideas.

Ai Weiwei

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeIdeasOpinionThinkingMy Life

'The Haters' has some of the generalities of band experiences that I've had - the camaraderie, the grubbiness, the outsized collective ambitions and frequent painful collisions with reality - but very few of the specifics. I guess it was a way for me to take some of my experiences to their logical crazy extremes.

Jesse Andrews

MeCrazyRealityHatersWayBand

I couldn't sleep for nights on end, as my brain felt like there were thoughts colliding within it; I obsessed over small details, from saving pennies and polishing each one of them to washing my clothing over and over in the washing machine.

Andy Behrman

SleepThoughtsBrainSmallEndOver

I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society.

Matt LeBlanc

I AmSocietyFindPlaceEarthWhich

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

FriendFreedomCitizenUnitedAlong

My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show called 'You Wrote It, You Watch It.'

Michael Ian Black

CollegeYouNewSketchFirstReal

My past business dealings, my personal life, who I'm dating, the details of my divorce, other business matters that I've had - all that should be completely off-limits.

Michael Avenatti

LifeBusinessPastDatingDetails

If I could be living anywhere now, it would be in New York. My heart is in that city.

Troian Bellisario

HeartNew YorkCityNewNowLiving

I've been on a diet for two weeks and all I've lost is two weeks.

Totie Fields

DietLostTwoBeenTwo WeeksWeeks

You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.

Ron Paul

YouCountryCrimeLawsGetFine

I usually don't usually go for fluffy, bohemian-chic pieces.

Coco Rocha

GoPiecesFluffy

I broke two knuckles in my right hand when I gave Jean-Claude Van Damme an attitude adjustment. I got nothing except a medical bill.

Chuck Zito

AttitudeMedicalNothingHandRight

Obviously all of us have thought about Vietnam, particularly in my generation in Australia that were part of conscription and fought there. Our friends came back, forever changed. So there were a lot of questions.

Phillip Noyce

ThoughtGenerationFriendsQuestions

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