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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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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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I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].
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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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Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I cannot travel, or do art, or have company, if they take away all my belongings, it doesn't matter at all.
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If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection then? That's why there is such support for me. It is not because I am so beautiful or I am so charming. People feel: This guy is fighting for us.
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.
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The world is sphere, has no East or West.
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