Art Quote by Ai Weiwei

All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest human performance…

— Ai Weiwei

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.

— Ai Weiwei

Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone…

— Ai Weiwei

The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or…

— Ai Weiwei

It is only the educated who can produce or appreciate high art.

— Margaret of Valois

There is the specter of "realism" that is still haunting Chinese contemporary art - that art is only an instrument, an instrument to reflect…

— Wang Jianwei

In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman.

— Roger Corman

So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake art and…

— Ai Weiwei

In capitalist terms, art is a global marketplace and artistic labour is too.

— Munira Mirza

Art is a business, like any other.

— Catherine Stock

I think art maybe has just become very consumer-oriented, and maybe it's always been that way because it is a business.

— Noel Wells

I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.

— St. Lucia