American Quote by Arne Glimcher

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

I think that the exchange is very important. Before I did the exhibition in Shanghai, I was a judge for the John Moores Painting…

— Michael Craig-Martin

There were no museums or galleries in Shanghai, but I was very keen on art - I was always sketching and copying, and sometimes…

— J. G. Ballard

There are photographers who push for war because they make stories. They search for a Chinese who has a more Chinese are than the…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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

I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

— Ai Weiwei

I had my exhibition of paintings first in Shanghai, and then recently in Wuhan. Wuhan particularly interested me, because I am 1/8 Chinese.

— Michael Craig-Martin

There are a lot of Chinese-American designers and Chinese designers who have had an impact a little bit on the American market, but I…

— Cathy Horyn

In the early 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a revitalized contemporary Chinese art world that began as a reaction against the government-approved Social…

— Arne Glimcher

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

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

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