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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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Wei-wei Ai
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It doesn't matter where I am - China will stay in me. I don't know how far I can still walk on this road and what is the limit.
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If I really have nothing to do, I just watch my cats, take some photos, and go back to my personal blog.
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My childhood was quite extreme. Sometimes I was so weak I could not stand up. But now I am so strong. Life is unpredictable
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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I want people to see their own power.
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I'm most embarrassed at my art shows, even though I don't show it.
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I remember one little rainy day I went searching for this apartment and I saw so many people standing on a stoop on the corner in the rain. Later I realized, that was drug traffic. They were all buying drugs.
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I'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many things to do I cannot finish them now.
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