Ai Weiwei Quotes
Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
Ai, Weiwei. Ai Weiwei's Blog: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009. Edited by Lee Ambrozy, MIT Press, 2011.
Abd al-Rahman Ibn Mohammad. He is generally regarded to be the World’s first social scientist. The largest statue in Tunisia of not of a military leader of king, but of this social scientist. This economic adage is uttered the world over, but the first writing of it that we have found is Ibn Khaludun
He distressed most of the other stock brokers on Wall Street by pointing out that if brokers were so smart, why would they not want to buy the stock for themselves rather than sell it to you. Therefore, he generally concluded that the best stocks are bought by the brokers and bankers for their own accounts, and the lesser quality shares are sold to the public.
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of "tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for "economic crimes". He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators.
