Anything Quote by 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

In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible…

— Ai Weiwei

Pretty much anybody who does creative work in China navigates the gray zone. People aren't clear about where the line is any more, beyond…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

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

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 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

China is important to the world in that they are a force and on the move. Exposing them to figurative art opens up a…

— Richard MacDonald

Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.

— Bruce Lee

Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.

— Ai Weiwei

Art doesn't exist if you just do what you're told. It only exists as an exercise of individual taste and freedom.

— Jane Smiley

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

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