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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
Designer
Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
Photographer
Sculptor
Social Activist
Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my slightest, most innocuous move can - and often is - censored by Chinese authorities.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that's the true crime.
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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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I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake art and culture.
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When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called Fifth Generation. I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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Society becomes very destructive.
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The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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It [success] is really by mistake.
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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.
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The world is sphere, has no East or West.
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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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I never regret anything.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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