"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."

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Source : "Cai Guo-Qiang: Exploding expectations" By Dean Irvine, www.cnn.com. July 27, 2008.

Cai Guo-Qiang

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“It's only a hitch when you're in a slump. When you're hitting the ball its called rhythm.”
“If I had had to write only about imaginary people, I would have had to close up my typewriter. I wrote about my life in less and less disguise as I grew older, and finally with no disguise - except the disguise we create for ourselves, which is self-deception.”
“I prefer people to disagree with me because I really don't think I'm smart enough to know what all the answers are and I think the back and forth ... we have a lot of it in our office, strong personalities, big intellects, good ideas - I think that back and forth has produced better strategies and tactics for us than if I sat in my office and decided we're doing those 10 things and that's the end of it.”
“In the hyperconnected world, there is only â€œgoodâ€ â€œbetterâ€ and â€œbest,”
“You mix the affluence of the white and the poverty of the black and you do not get a civilized society. Integration on an equal level is one thing. Mixing on an unequal level is another.”
“I love a good man outside the law, just as much as I hate a bad man inside the law.”
“Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the miracle of transformation happens not only within but also without.”
“So often we measure by what is false. We should measure by what is barely legible barely in our dailiness. It is the invisible that doesn't lie the invisible through which we see ourselves finally on a back street in the world.”

Source : Peter Gizzi (2007). “The Outernationale”, p.90, Wesleyan University Press

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