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My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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Contemporary Artist
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Film Director
Human Rights Activist
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Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.
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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 have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.
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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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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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Modern Chinese culture is weak and lackluster.
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I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.
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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.
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Any design, any city, any kind of craziness or tragedy, it all comes from a long time of preparation.
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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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Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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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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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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Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.
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Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution. Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.
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Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.
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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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