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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
Painter
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Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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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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There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.
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Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.
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Today, we jump into this globalization of the economy and the internet age.
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I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.
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For me, it is OK as long as I can breathe, as long as my heart is pumping, as long as I can express myself.
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[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we'll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.
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Maybe [success] is because I'm in China and I'm more open. Maybe it's my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.
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We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of desire and luxury goods.
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It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.
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The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.
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China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.
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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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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred they don't care what happens.
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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?
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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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