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It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.
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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Wei-wei Ai
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If a nation cannot face its past, it has no future.
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I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.
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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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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 don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.
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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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I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.
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No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy no melees can be more exciting than those in cyberspace.
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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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Hopefully, other successes aren't like me. It carries much more meaning to other people my success story is irrelevant. It doesn't make any sense.
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