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I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious.
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If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head - the project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It's always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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If you don’t act, the danger becomes stronger.
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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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I want people to see their own power.
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I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later.
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Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.
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I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.
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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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I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind of powers have a way of getting too big, then we'll have competition. And who is going to win the competition if U.S. cannot hold a strong ideology? And even the U.S. would've lost the ground to win.
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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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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.
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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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If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.
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I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.
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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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[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.
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The people who control culture in China have no culture.
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My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.
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