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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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Wei-wei Ai
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The demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.
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I don't believe in a sense of home.
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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’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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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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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.
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My childhood was quite extreme. Sometimes I was so weak I could not stand up. But now I am so strong. Life is unpredictable
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I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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There's no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.
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Censorship is saying: I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine. But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all.
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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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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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