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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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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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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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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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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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All the auction houses care about is the selling of luxury goods.
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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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You only have temporary curiosity, amusement, and challenges, but that does not necessarily mean you are really convinced that it's necessary or that it's not even worth to do it. It's just a way you have to set up some kind of activities to follow your instincts or your curiosities.
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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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Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.
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I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.
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Dont retreat. Retweet!
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I never think any place is better than others.
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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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Any design, any city, any kind of craziness or tragedy, it all comes from a long time of preparation.
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I'm most embarrassed at my art shows, even though I don't show it.
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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.
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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.
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A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
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