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Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...

Ai Weiwei

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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
Weiwei Ai
Ai Wei Wei
Heart
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Freedom

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This so-called fame or being better off doesn't really attract me at all.
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I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
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Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious.
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I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.
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Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred they don't care what happens.
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I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth and corrodes mankind's belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.
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I never regret anything.
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My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface I wish I could find out more.
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There is no media freedom in China. As a result, the society is corrupt and lacks productivity. It is unable to adjust itself for progress. This will lead to the country's eventual downfall.
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All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.
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We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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We are living in a popular culture where everything is overexposed.
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When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.
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