Ai Weiwei Quotes About Fathers

Quotes about: Fathers

• I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism. And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society - the kind of mistreatment society gave him.

  Ai Weiwei

  Father, Independent, Thinking

  Interview with Claudine Ko, www.mcsweeneys.net. March 7, 2013.

• I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years. We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet. Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.

  Ai Weiwei

  Father, Party, Writing

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

• Once I was in New York, I completely had no interest for a long time in what happened in China because I had been through so much. Seeing my father's life struggle and so many whole generations lose their potential or possibility in their lives. Just being pushed into this political struggle and the damage done not only to their lives but their relatives.

  Ai Weiwei

  New York, Father, Struggle

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.

  Ai Weiwei

  Father, People, Mind

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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