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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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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 am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age.
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I don't personally feel any association with a kind of culture related to state, or culture related to power, which I think is always disgusting.
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
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As a total activity - I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.
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I suddenly realized I was getting ten opening notes a day on my mobile phone, more than when I was in New York. But this is China, where nothing is surprising.
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We move so fast that memory is something we can only grasp
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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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Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that's the 1980s. New York in the '80s was not so interesting. I think it's quite narrow-minded. There wasn't much encouragement or opportunities for any artist - not just Chinese artists.
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So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake art and culture.
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Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.
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The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that.
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My situation gives me certain ideas about beauty or the excitement of life, but that doesn't mean other people can necessarily appreciate it.
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Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.
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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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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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Mass production is nothing new. Weren't cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?... Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the right hand, someone else's hand, or many people's hands. The scale of production is irrelevant to its content.
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For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs.
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It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor conditions.
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