I do believe every artwork has its own charisma. Sometimes it’s different from what I expect. When a work is finished, it exudes its own charisma and lives its life independently. Cai Guo-Qiang Read Quote
In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and, yes, of course artists can be and are influenced by politicians. Cai Guo-Qiang Read Quote
When I was young, I didn’t want to do traditional painting and calligraphy. I deliberately wanted to separate from my father so I could feel I existed myself. Cai Guo-Qiang Read Quote
I lived in Japan for eight years before moving to New York, but I was looking forward to a place like America to change my opinion on things and force me to come up with new perspectives. Cai Guo-Qiang Read Quote
I was growing up in a society that exerted a lot of control on people, and from both my personality and the social condition, I found gunpowder gradually as a very suitable medium for exploration. Cai Guo-Qiang Read Quote
Through art, through people working together and building relationships and trust, people can overcome the problems of politics. Cai Guo-Qiang Read Quote
I’m always oscillating between if I should sprinkle more gunpowder or less. But if I put too much gunpowder, there may be holes throughout the silk. If not enough, the power and energy would not be shown. Cai Guo-Qiang Read Quote
For my art, there is a common theme most of the time: it is using the things we can see to search for the world we cannot see. Cai Guo-Qiang Read Quote
