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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

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
Sculptor
Social Activist
Peking
Wei-wei Ai
Weiwei Ai
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I never had a sense of home.
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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than the gallery artworks.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.
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My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface I wish I could find out more.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection then? That's why there is such support for me. It is not because I am so beautiful or I am so charming. People feel: This guy is fighting for us.
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As a total activity - I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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