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Writers, artists, and commentators on websites are detained or thrown into jail when they reflect on democracy, opening up, reform and reason. This is the reality of China.
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If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.
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[People] always tell me, Weiwei, leave the nation, please. Or Live longer and watch them die. Either leave, or be patient and watch how they die. I really don't know what I'm going to do.
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Today, the West feels very shy about human rights and the political situation. They're in need of money. But every penny they borrowed or made from China has really come as a result of how this nation sacrificed everybody's rights. With globalization and the Internet, we all know it. Don't pretend you don't know it. The Western politicians—shame on them if they say they're not responsible for this. It's getting worse, and it will keep getting worse.
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On the Internet, people do not know each other, they don't have common leaders, sometimes not even a common political goal. But they come together on certain issues. I think that is a miracle. It never happened in the past. Without the Internet, I would not even be Ai Weiwei today. I would just be an artist somewhere doing my shows.
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My blog is an extension of my thinking. Why should I deform my thinking simply because I live under a government that espouses an ideology which I believe to be totally against humanity?
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Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.
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Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.
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Chairman Mao was the first in the world to use Twitter. All his quotations are within 140 words.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one's imagination - perhaps more importantly - creativity is the power to act.
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Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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Born:
August 28, 1957
(age 66)
Bio:
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese Contemporary artist and activist. Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics.
Known for:
Sunflower Seeds (2010)
Coca-Cola vase
Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (2011)
Cube Light (2008)
Map of China (2008)
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