Ambiguity Quote by Ai Weiwei

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

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

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

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

China restricts the society's freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals.…

— Ai Weiwei

Chinese central government doesn't need to even lead public opinion: it just selectively stops censorship. In other words, just as censorship is a political…

— Michael Anti

Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.

— Ai Weiwei

“High culture is paranoid about sentiment, but human beings are intensely sentimental. And if art doesn’t speak language that’s acceptable to people, it relegates…

— Thomas Kinkade

I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.

— Bill Gates

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 media freedom in China. As a result, the society is corrupt and lacks productivity. It is unable to adjust itself for…

— Ai Weiwei

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