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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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Human Rights Activist
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Wei-wei Ai
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My image of what a city should be - the super-rich and all the poor and desperate and the people who have some kind of a desire. It's a surviving game, people trying to survive on many different levels.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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I don't believe in a sense of home.
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...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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I never had a sense of home.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
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