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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling. It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.
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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 am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age.
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Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one's imagination - perhaps more importantly - creativity is the power to act.
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Stupidity can win for a moment, but it can never really succeed because the nature of humans is to seek freedom. Rulers can delay that freedom, but they cannot stop it.
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Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy no melees can be more exciting than those in cyberspace.
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.
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The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum. A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.
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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.
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I'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many things to do I cannot finish them now.
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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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China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.
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I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.
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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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