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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
Designer
Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
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Sculptor
Social Activist
Peking
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My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.
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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it's a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: You and I are divided. We're different, and you're dangerous. That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It's dangerous to create that kind of tension.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things it is no longer so much about producing something.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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I suddenly realized I was getting ten opening notes a day on my mobile phone, more than when I was in New York. But this is China, where nothing is surprising.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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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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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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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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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.
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Many people I know - writers, poets - they have all been sentenced not once but sometimes three times after they come out. They serve five or six years, come out another time, and then nine years. Come out again, 12 years. Only because they have a different opinion. They are innocent people, they have beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.
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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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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.
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The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.
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I don't think there is a distinct change, because in the West I'm not a person who can serve his purpose.
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The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.
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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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