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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
Designer
Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
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Social Activist
Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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Ai Wei Wei
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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I think Donald Trump should cool down a little bit. To pay more attention to the history. To really understand what U.S.'s value is about. I think, as a president, those things you always have to ask.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.
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When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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Individual that means he has his own special way to communicate, which creates the form of him. In the information age, this expression and communication has become so different.
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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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Each year, more people want to become artists.
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China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.
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I don't believe in a sense of home.
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The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.
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Censorship is saying: I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine. But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.
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The tragic reality of today is reflected in the true plight of our spiritual existence. We are spineless and cannot stand straight.
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I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.
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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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In my life, I often make so-called major decisions by very quick, immediate responses.
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I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.
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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world.
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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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