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No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
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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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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.
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Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.
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Liberty is about the right to question everything.
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...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.
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Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.
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Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.
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I am everywhere and I am nowhere. That's the beauty of the Internet Age.
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The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same there's still a one-party system and strong censorship.
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My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
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What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.
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