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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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Contemporary Artist
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Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
Photographer
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Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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It's really rubbish that some kind of technical learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable — how we decide what is valuable.
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I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.
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Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred they don't care what happens.
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I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment.
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