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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
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 saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.
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The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.
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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
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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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Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...
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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.
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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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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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I don't personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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