Even though Chinese society was really closed, there were two windows for me to explore the world. One was from my mother and grandmother, the unseen…

- Cai Guo-Qiang

For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldie…

- Cai Guo-Qiang

My work is like a dialogue between me and unseen powers, like alchemy.

- Cai Guo-Qiang

Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.

- Cai Guo-Qiang

When I was young, I didn't want to do traditional painting and calligraphy. I deliberately wanted to separate from my father so I could feel I existe…

- Cai Guo-Qiang

For me it's really important that the work here displays an aesthetic of decay along with the sunken boat with the broken ceramic pieces. They form a…

- Cai Guo-Qiang

Be Careful Of Books. Be Careful With Books. Be Careful Or One Can Become A Weapon-Wielder. Be Careful Or One Can Become The Victim.

- Cai Guo-Qiang

In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and, yes, of course artists c…

- Cai Guo-Qiang

I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.

- Cai Guo-Qiang