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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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Contemporary Artist
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Human Rights Activist
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Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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I'm most embarrassed at my art shows, even though I don't show it.
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I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.
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To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling. It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.
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I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.
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I don't belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled.
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I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.
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Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness
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If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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Everyone wants an iPhone, but it would be impossible to design an iPhone in China because it's not a product it's an understanding of human nature.
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Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of the few Western artists - or artists from the United States - that could be considered a true product of his time and brought out that kind of spirit of the culture.
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You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of. A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.
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