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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.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth and corrodes mankind's belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.
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In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.
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I think you can give meaning to any condition you can be poor or unsuccessful or be so-called successful. But I don't think that it would give an individual human being a better condition.
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Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.
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I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.
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I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.
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The fantasy we had with pearls was always so luxurious and unique with a kind of rareness.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
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I'm always interested in people who are not orientated in art circles to become part of it.
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Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.
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Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.
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A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.
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Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.
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If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.
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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 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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I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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Every day I'm learning something new from the practice. It's very rewarding.
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Man has a tendency to try to give clear reasons to be rational, but often you can see how all those reasons are not convincing and turn out to be a big nonsense.
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