“Ai Weiwei, who is both a widely admired conceptual artist and a fearle...” — Terry Teachout Quote

“Ai Weiwei, who is both a widely admired conceptual artist and a fearless human-rights activist, has been on the bad side of the Chinese government for years.”

“Tom Stoppard, the English-speaking world's brainiest playwright, thinks that British audiences have grown too dumb to understand his plays.”

“Critics at their best are independent voices; people take seriously their responsibility to see as many things as they can see, put them in the widest possible perspective, educate their readers. I really do think of myself as a teacher.”

“A lot of people say that I'm an activist CEO. I just think I'm a responsible leader of a business.”

“People may be prepared to buy services from Apple and Amazon if they feel these companies do a good job, but we need to ensure that we can speak up when our content is used by other people for their profit. An activist amateur culture will constantly challenge and say, 'This is mine, you're not doing that with it.'”

“I always had overlapping social circles with different ideological groups and different activist groups.”