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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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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.
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The demand for individual freedom leads us to different realms, and it enables us to participate in social events.
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I never regret anything.
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I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.
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[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture.
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Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems.
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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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Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.
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It doesn't matter where I am - China will stay in me. I don't know how far I can still walk on this road and what is the limit.
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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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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.
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