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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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Wei-wei Ai
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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 give a price to an artwork, no matter how high or low, is always absurd. It's not something that can be measured by money or by certain numbers.
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No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.
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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable — how we decide what is valuable.
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My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.
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I don't belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.
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I think it's more important to show your work to the public.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.
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I can still wake up the next day and feel that there's something that needs to be done, which always amuses me.
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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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Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world it is more dangerous. In the west people think it's a right they're born with. Here it's a right given by the government, and one that's not really practised.
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Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.
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China partially wants to become part of the world. By hosting the Olympics and the Expo, they made a big effort to tell people: Look, we are the same. They want to be accepted by the international community.
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