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Creativity is the power to act.
Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
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Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
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Peking
Wei-wei Ai
Weiwei Ai
Ai Wei Wei
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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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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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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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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Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred they don't care what happens.
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My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me.
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