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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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Contemporary Artist
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Human Rights Activist
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Wei-wei Ai
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The world is sphere, has no East or West.
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Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.
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If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.
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I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
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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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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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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...
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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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It [success] is really by mistake.
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All the auction houses care about is the selling of luxury goods.
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My childhood was quite extreme. Sometimes I was so weak I could not stand up. But now I am so strong. Life is unpredictable
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
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The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.
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To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died of hunger in a country that was like North Korea is today. Once we became part of global competition, we had to agree to some rules. It's painful, but we had to. Otherwise there was no way to survive.
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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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Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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