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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
Designer
Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
Photographer
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Social Activist
Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that's beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone's emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment, he will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn't trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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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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In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.'s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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The world is sphere, has no East or West.
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If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head - the project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It's always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.
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Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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Maybe [success] is because I'm in China and I'm more open. Maybe it's my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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I'm most embarrassed at my art shows, even though I don't show it.
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Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market. In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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