Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don’t act, then the result is very clear.
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.
They very often just try to cope with their own election, their own popularity, solving the problem or selling the ideas to meet their own voters. By doing that, it creates a great imbalance in terms of making deals or treaty or all those things.
For artists and intellectuals today, what is most needed is to be clear about social responsibility, because that is what most people automatically give up. Just to protect yourself as an individual is very political.
You know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today’s life and no discussion of the real conditions – which is really sickening.
In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.
![Ai Weiwei Quote - I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who’s like a child.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/i-think-allen-ginsberg-was-a-person-whos-like-a-ch-683x1024.jpg)
![Ai Weiwei Quote - I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/i-saw-allen-ginsberg-more-as-an-old-man-who-liked--683x1024.jpg)
