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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it...it's very disturbing.
Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that's beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone's emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment, he will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn't trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political. You don't have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
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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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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor conditions.
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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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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat. I don't care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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The biggest obstacle in interacting with China is the difference in perspectives about basic values. These include issues such as human rights, the concept of law and constitution.
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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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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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You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.
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I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let people know what is on your mind and why you're doing this.
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I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.
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