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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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Human Rights Activist
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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That's why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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I never think any place is better than others.
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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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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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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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China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world for its art and culture, one that continues to grow. I can, however, tell people that it is a show with no actor.
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Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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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 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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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don't design it, somebody else has to design it.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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