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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died of hunger in a country that was like North Korea is today. Once we became part of global competition, we had to agree to some rules. It's painful, but we had to. Otherwise there was no way to survive.
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The motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that's all I know.
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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.
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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 think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.
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I'm most embarrassed at my art shows, even though I don't show it.
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Dont retreat. Retweet!
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Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much.
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...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that.
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My understanding of Chinese history is limited. So far, I have only scratched its surface I wish I could find out more.
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My image of what a city should be - the super-rich and all the poor and desperate and the people who have some kind of a desire. It's a surviving game, people trying to survive on many different levels.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.
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I think by not letting young people be fully informed, how can they have energy and passion and the right picture of the world? I think that's the true crime.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we'll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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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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