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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
Designer
Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
Photographer
Sculptor
Social Activist
Peking
Wei-wei Ai
Weiwei Ai
Ai Wei Wei
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I never regret anything.
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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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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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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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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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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It's a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don't know who you are and why you are here.
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Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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I suddenly realized I was getting ten opening notes a day on my mobile phone, more than when I was in New York. But this is China, where nothing is surprising.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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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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I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.
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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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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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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we'll have competition. And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would've lost the ground to win.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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