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Quote by Ai Weiwei
The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts

The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination. – Ai Weiwei

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This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in Chinas relationship with the outside world. – Ai Weiwei

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relationship
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The Birds Nest National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of fair competition. It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength. – Ai Weiwei

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Courage
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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. Its a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works. – Ai Weiwei

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architecture
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Imagination
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The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. – George Santayana

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No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. – Edward Hopper

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Imagination

I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, Id try to reenact it. – Adrien Brody

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Imagination

By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment. – Dorthea Brande

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Imagination

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Literature is news that stays news. – Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading, 1934

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One of the things in the back of my mind is that, after my sports experience, I never want to be, totally consumed by any one endeavor, other than my family life. – Julius Erving

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