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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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Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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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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What counts in the end is what the government does.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
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For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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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 think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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I have to find a place for my own. I have to search for my own happiness.
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China hasn't only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it's become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things it is no longer so much about producing something.
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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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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who's like a child.
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I'm always interested in people who are not orientated in art circles to become part of it.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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