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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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Contemporary Artist
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Human Rights Activist
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Photographer
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Wei-wei Ai
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.
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For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling. It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred they don't care what happens.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much. It was just a city with one emperor and the rest of them just rats or meaningless people.
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I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it's a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: You and I are divided. We're different, and you're dangerous. That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It's dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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