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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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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection then? That's why there is such support for me. It is not because I am so beautiful or I am so charming. People feel: This guy is fighting for us.
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You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.
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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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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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I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.
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It's really rubbish that some kind of technical learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.
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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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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we'll have competition. And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would've lost the ground to win.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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As a human being, member of society, you must clearly state your mind. It's a responsibility. It is the way you identify yourself otherwise you don't know who you are and why you are here.
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We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
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If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
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China restricts the society's freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals. Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.
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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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