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Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
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My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy.
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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 spends a lot of resources and effort on gaining soft power over culture. The hope is that it can be the last lifeline for the Party's survival. Obviously, the idea will fail.
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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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That's why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.
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