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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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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that's the 1980s. New York in the '80s was not so interesting. I think it's quite narrow-minded. There wasn't much encouragement or opportunities for any artist - not just Chinese artists.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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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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People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condition.
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Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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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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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died of hunger in a country that was like North Korea is today. Once we became part of global competition, we had to agree to some rules. It's painful, but we had to. Otherwise there was no way to survive.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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What counts in the end is what the government does.
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Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product it's an understanding of human nature.
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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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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.
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