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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things it is no longer so much about producing something.
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Dont retreat. Retweet!
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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I'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many things to do I cannot finish them now.
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I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.
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China restricts the society's freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals. Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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China partially wants to become part of the world. By hosting the Olympics and the Expo, they made a big effort to tell people: Look, we are the same. They want to be accepted by the international community.
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Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it...it's very disturbing.
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The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that's all I know.
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Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.
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[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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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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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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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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I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.
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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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