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I never regret anything.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
Designer
Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
Photographer
Sculptor
Social Activist
Peking
Wei-wei Ai
Weiwei Ai
Ai Wei Wei
Never
Regret
Anything

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Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.
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I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.
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The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.
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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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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much. It was just a city with one emperor and the rest of them just rats or meaningless people.
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No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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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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All the auction houses care about is the selling of luxury goods.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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My mother became much older when I came out (ed's note: of detention). She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me.
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Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred they don't care what happens.
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