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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
Architect
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Human Rights Activist
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It's really rubbish that some kind of technical learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.
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In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination.
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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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I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
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If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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Mass production is nothing new. Weren't cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?... Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else's hand, or many people's hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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The biggest obstacle in interacting with China is the difference in perspectives about basic values. These include issues such as human rights, the concept of law and constitution.
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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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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.
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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'm most embarrassed at my art shows, even though I don't show it.
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If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain
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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 don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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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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Hopefully, other successes aren't like me. It carries much more meaning to other people my success story is irrelevant. It doesn't make any sense.
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If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.
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Art needs to stand for something.
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