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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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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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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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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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I think it's more important to show your work to the public.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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If civil society has nobody who protects the law, then what kind of society is that?
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The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
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I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.
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The people who control culture in China have no culture.
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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 motivation is really to say people can find the game of getting involved interesting and find the problem and really have the passion and the enthusiasm to solve it and move forward, but that's all I know.
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This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.
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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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I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.
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I hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
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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 was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.
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Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.
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