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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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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 remember one little rainy day I went searching for this apartment and I saw so many people standing on a stoop on the corner in the rain. Later I realized, that was drug traffic. They were all buying drugs.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.
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I don't think there is a distinct change, because in the West I'm not a person who can serve his purpose.
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.
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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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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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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 China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.
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