Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics.
The whole attitude of society has become much more open and realistic. They realize that the only way to make a more democratic and free society is to let different opinions come out.
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.
A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibilities from the process of dismantling, transforming, and recreating.
![Ai Weiwei Quote - I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/i-lived-there-in-new-york-city-as-an-artist-but-ne-683x1024.jpg)
![Ai Weiwei Quote - [Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don’t care about culture.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cultural-department-understand-nothing-but-bureauc-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)
