Art Quote by Ai Weiwei

Study the great brush drawings of the Chinese and Japanese... When we try to imitate their conventions for perspective, form and texture we lose…

— John French Sloan

When Nixon opened the door to China in the early 1970s, Chinese artists got their first view of the West. Suddenly five centuries of…

— Arne Glimcher

In my own art, I try to use my personal voice and effort to enable some Chinese people to see the possibilities of another…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

There is no doubt when one comes from the West to China one understands pop art as having originally developed as part of Western…

— Michael Craig-Martin

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

There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.

— Simon Sinek

Chinese artists have been subversive over thousands of years, taking what they think of the government and embedding it in their art. There might…

— Amy Tan

There's a Chinese proverb that says it all: Painting is an old man's art.

— David Hockney

Art should not have to be a certain way,

— Willem de Kooning

When I go to China I see many artists whose work reflects on aspects of contemporary popular culture but obviously the history of Western…

— Michael Craig-Martin

Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.

— Ai Weiwei

We had Chinese artists that would put in elements for the Chinese audience like the calligraphy actually means something so the audience when they…

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson