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Each year, more people want to become artists.
Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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Wei-wei Ai
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it...it's very disturbing.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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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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I don't think there is a distinct change, because in the West I'm not a person who can serve his purpose.
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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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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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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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I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that's beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone's emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment, he will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn't trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
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