Today, the general masses in this society are in this political-social condition that really encourages people to become rich and become a star and be unique.
China hasn’t only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it’s become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big. Everybody has to rethink the balance of the world and the whole landscape.
I call on people to be ‘obsessed citizens,’ forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
I think the pearls – one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl – really show a kind of [society] condition.
The project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It’s always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.
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.
![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 think the pearls – one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl – really show a kind of [society] condition.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/i-think-the-pearls-one-is-a-necklace-and-another-y-683x1024.jpg)
![Ai Weiwei Quote - [Cultural departments] don’t care about culture. Maybe they’re the furthest from the people who understand culture.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cultural-departments-dont-care-about-culture-maybe-683x1024.jpg)
