Ai Weiwei Quotes

It’s hard to recover. You become not so innocent. You become, in a way, more sophisticated, which I think you shouldn’t. We should all have more simple happiness . . . . You become bitter.

Ai Weiwei

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  Ai Weiwei
  • Simple
  • Innocent
  • Bitter