Ai Weiwei's Blog Quotes

“An artwork unable to make people feel uncomfortable or to feel different is not one worth creating. This is the difference between the artist and the fool.”
― Ai Weiwei, Ai Weiwei's Blog: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009

“The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself”
― Ai Weiwei, Ai Weiwei's Blog: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009

“I discovered that I’m an ignorant and shameless person. I’ve used my shameless media sensationalism to achieve shamelessness even greater than the public’s, and I’ve used my individual shamelessness to realize a collective shamelessness. And I don’t see shamelessness as a disgrace, but instead shamelessly believe in shamelessness, and this has led to my shameless state that you see today.”
― Weiwei Ai, Ai Weiwei's Blog: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009

“Take one glance, people are everywhere- going to work, shopping, standing around, strolling, earning money, suffering losses- there’s truly an abundance of people.

But I’ve never seen ‘the People’.”
― Weiwei Ai, Ai Weiwei's Blog: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009

“Everything under the sun can be settled or worked out with discussion, but the one thing that can’t be changed is stupidity.”
― Weiwei Ai, Ai Weiwei's Blog: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009