The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it...it's very disturbing.
Ai WeiweiThe rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
Ai WeiweiOf course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.
Ai WeiweiIf you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than the gallery artworks.
Ai Weiwei