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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.
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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You see so many people doing quite nice and respectful work, but nobody like Warhol. Warhol is outstanding. I think he has a value that is far from fully understood. He's very special for younger generations.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things it is no longer so much about producing something.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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The world is sphere, has no East or West.
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Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.
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I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat. I don't care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.
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Many people I know - writers, poets - they have all been sentenced not once but sometimes three times after they come out. They serve five or six years, come out another time, and then nine years. Come out again, 12 years. Only because they have a different opinion. They are innocent people, they have beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.
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I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable — how we decide what is valuable.
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Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.
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The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.
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In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.
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I curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.
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After I came back [to China], there was still a long period of time when I felt I had nothing to do.
Ai Weiwei
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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