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Imagine one day, the hateful world around you collapses. And it is your attitude, words and actions that put an end to it. Will you be excited?

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest human performance and send their children to this field.
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This so-called fame or being better off doesn't really attract me at all.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of. A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called Fifth Generation. I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don't consider it home.
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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same there's still a one-party system and strong censorship.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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There are many cases and layers of racist behavior in the US - from police treatment to the issues of education and job opportunities. In America, however, such cases are being discussed publically.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.
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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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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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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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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
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If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head - the project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It's always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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