Famous Quotes & Sayings

Aiden Wilson Tozer

Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God is in all our simple deeds and learn to find Him there.

Ai Weiwei

I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.

Ai Weiwei

I'm always interested in people who are not orientated in art circles to become part of it.

Ai Weiwei

New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different to make something happen in the art world.

Ai Weiwei

Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of the few Western artists - or artists from the United States - that could be considered a true product of his time and brought out that kind of spirit of the culture.

Ai Weiwei

I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.

Ai Weiwei

Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.

Ai Weiwei

I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.

Ai Weiwei

Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.

Ai Weiwei

I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.

Ai Weiwei

Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.

Ai Weiwei

My work is always a ready-made... cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art - to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities.

Ai Weiwei

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom,

Ai Weiwei

China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world for its art and culture, one that continues to grow. I can, however, tell people that it is a show with no actor.

Ai Weiwei

I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.

Ai Weiwei

Art needs to stand for something.

Ai Weiwei

If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

Ai Weiwei

I'm most embarrassed at my art shows, even though I don't show it.

Ai Weiwei

Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.

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 culture.

Ai Weiwei

I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom

Ai Weiwei

Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.

Ai Weiwei

This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society,

Ai Weiwei

Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

Ai Weiwei

Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious.

Ai Weiwei

If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

Ai Weiwei

I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need.

Ai Weiwei

We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.

Ai Weiwei

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

Ai Weiwei

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

Ai Weiwei

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

Ai Weiwei

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.

Bob Mould

There are a lot of people, especially the younger generation who don't feel that they need to support the artists by buying their music because they grew up learning that record companies are evil.