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New York has given me a lot, but I still don't consider it home.

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.
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I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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China didn't want to lose the cutting edge of technology. So the idea of having a Sina Weibo was an attempt to compete with Twitter. However, it has no soul - which is freedom of expression. Nevertheless, I think the government regrets having Sina Weibo, but they cannot shut it down. That would definitely be suicidal.
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China's culture and history are closely related to my living environment. This country is my birthplace. It is also where I grew up. Its culture and history shape my relations with family, friends, society, and daily life.
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I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.
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Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.
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All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.
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Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues - both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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A lot of the time [in the U.S.], I was thinking about how spending time is always questionable or is always the biggest obstacle in my life.
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If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than the gallery artworks.
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All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest human performance and send their children to this field.
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