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I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.
Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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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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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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Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.
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This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of. A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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Everything is art. Everything is politics.
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New York has given me a lot, but I still don't consider it home.
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My situation gives me certain ideas about beauty or the excitement of life, but that doesn't mean other people can necessarily appreciate it.
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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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New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody else. It's a very cold city, I should say.
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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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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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I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.
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I often feel more disgust than pride about this kind of success. So there's no regret whatsoever.
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Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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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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