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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 week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world.
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Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.
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I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.
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Civilization has evolved toward more acceptance, understanding and tolerance of global thinking. If we accept differences, our creativity booms. It makes life much more colorful. It also makes humanity much more safe. If we see pureness somewhere as something to be desired, the trouble starts.
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We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about.
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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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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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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.'s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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I don't belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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I think you can give meaning to any condition you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don't think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.
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If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age.
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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
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Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart and no one can take it. Then, you can be more powerful than a whole country.
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