Ai Weiwei Powerful Quotations

I always thought that in modern history Chinese people are like a dish of sand, never really close together. But I think a dish of sand is a good metaphor because we have the Internet. We don't have to be physically united. You can be an individual and have your own set of values but join others in certain struggles. There is nothing more powerful than that.

In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.

You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of. A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.