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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
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Contemporary Artist
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Human Rights Activist
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Wei-wei Ai
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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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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The demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.
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Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.
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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all.
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The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious.
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I remember one little rainy day I went searching for this apartment and I saw so many people standing on a stoop on the corner in the rain. Later I realized, that was drug traffic. They were all buying drugs.
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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.
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