“I always admire writers. My father was a writer, a poet. I always admire people who can clearly state their mind.” Quote by Ai Weiwei
“Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.” IfsWritingUnderstoodInterviewsWarhol Author:Ai Weiwei
“I think, in many ways, certain people sought me out maybe because they liked my body language or they liked the way I wore a slit skirt, the way I cross my legs or carry my purse. It's quite inspiring to play the seduction card.” PeopleThinkingWayPlayBodyCertainLanguageCrossesLegsCardsSeductionPursesSkirtsBody LanguageSlits Author:Carine Roitfeld
“I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let people know what is on your mind and why you're doing this.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMindTodayArtistObligation Author: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.” ThinkingKindArtImportantCirclesDaily LifeElitesDaily Experience Author:Ai Weiwei
“I'm always interested in people who are not orientated in art circles to become part of it.” PeopleArtCircles Author:Ai Weiwei
“All the auction houses care about is the selling of luxury goods.” CareHouseSellingLuxuryGoodsAuctionsLuxury Goods Author:Ai Weiwei
“This is how I understand literature - as a kind of remix or echo chamber. What's going on in a literary work are other literary things disinterred, cannibalized, and recombined.” KindLiteratureEchoesChamberLiterary WorksRemix Author:Tommy McCarthy
“Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market. In this kind of dictatorship, in this kind of totalitarian society, it is easy to make deals that you cannot make in a democratic society.” KindMadeCoursesEasyDealsDemocraticChinaLuxuryOfficialsGoodsDictatorshipDemocratic SocietyLuxury Goods Author:Ai Weiwei
“All art is a form of hacking, it's a kind of breeching open of a closed system.” KindArtFormArt IsHacking Author:Tommy McCarthy
“Seduction is, first and foremost, an art form. And seduction should not always be treated as a wild celebration. In fact, it's more of an evocation of what you do. It's more an evocation of seduction.” ShouldFirstsArtFactsFormTreatedCelebrationSeduction Author:Karl Lagerfeld
