Ai Weiwei: When were you happiest?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Ai Weiwei said elsewhere, not written here

Now, in this moment, in this city.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2018 source ↗

Others on this question

Right now and when I was pregnant and when my children were very young.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2012 source ↗

Richard Hawley English musician

I've often reached the dizzying heights of ecstasy holding a pint of frothy seasonal ale in Fagan's pub, chatting away with Tom the landlord.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 February 2011 source ↗

Terry Gilliam American-born British filmmaker

Lost in a piece of music.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2012 source ↗

Carl Barât English musician

The last time I held my children and every time before that. They’ve been my salvation.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 March 2022 source ↗

Losing consciousness or awareness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2018 source ↗

To survive from an impossible condition.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 23 April 2018 source ↗

Insensitivity. Indifference about what is right or wrong. Indifference about justice.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, April 2018 source ↗

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