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Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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In an environment without public platform nor protection, the individual is the most powerful and most responsible.
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A small act is worth a million thoughts.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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My situation gives me certain ideas about beauty or the excitement of life, but that doesn't mean other people can necessarily appreciate it.
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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don't consider it home.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.
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