Art Quote by Cai Guo-Qiang

I lived in Japan for eight years before moving to New York, but I was looking forward to a place like America to change…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

Anyone can be seduced by the possession of power and influence.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

When I was young, the constraints of Chinese society and my personal timid and cautious nature both drove me to seek a means to…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

In Quanzhou, I have a lot of influence from superstition. I would go to the temple with my grandmother and mother. That is why…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

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

For me it's really important that the work here displays an aesthetic of decay along with the sunken boat with the broken ceramic pieces.…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

I have always found that if, while creating an artwork, the artist constantly feels that some accident would occur if he is not careful,…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

One reason I chose gunpowder is that I had the good luck in my environment to be exposed to gunpowder. The other reason is…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

Using gunpowder as a medium became a way to liberate myself.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

The boyhood dream of becoming a painter stays important to me.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.

— Cai Guo-Qiang

In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and,…

— Cai Guo-Qiang