So, the politicians and the people who make decisions very often is the one we think can make some difference. But of course they will not make a difference if the citizens or the individuals not push it or not to speak out, to possess a very strong voice about, this is not acceptable.
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.
I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.
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.
There’s no such thing as “fixed” culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems.
I think I’m just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there’s no bridge, you build one. I’m used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology.
![Ai Weiwei Quote - I came back [to Beijing ] because that’s the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/i-came-back-to-beijing-because-thats-the-only-time-683x1024.jpg)
![Ai Weiwei Quote - Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don’t design it, somebody else has to design it.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/many-people-are-going-to-use-beijing-national-stad-683x1024.jpg)
