Cai Guo-Qiang Quotes

I don't like spontaneity; there you go. I'm wary of it.

I'm slow to make a decision. I need to think things over for a long time, to weigh the pros and cons, to look at issues 10, 20, or 30 times. But when that's done, I'm quick to act.

I am a type-A planner. That's just how I roll.

I like lists, I'm controlling, I like order. I'm difficult on every level.

I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through.

I have to stop and think about everything I do. I'm very calculated in a lot of ways.

I tend to be very methodical for a variety of reasons. I'm more of a plodder.

Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.

I like being organized and super particular.

I approach an action sequence almost like a mathematical problem. Sometimes you get these action sequences that you read and go, 'Oh my God, this is huge, how do I do it?' and I go, 'Just a step at a time. Sit down and plot each piece of it out.'

Rush has never been a spontaneous group. We may be spontaneous in our writing, we may be spontaneous as individuals in our day to day lives... certainly I think am and always have been, but I think when it comes to Rush and our presentation of our music it's quite controlled.

I'm very analytical, I'm very precise.

I think that I've always been a kind of structured person.

I'm a Virgo; I naturally love to organize things.

I do like arranging things. I like order. I basically like all these things that are the opposite of what people associate with the wild, passionate creative temperament.

Everything I do is premeditated.

I don't think I'm anything like the improviser. I'm not. I do better with at least an outline.

I had an agenda. It was a very smooth transition.

I like things to be orderly.

I'm a little Type A, and I have this really thick binder whenever I do a movie where I make a million notes, and in between takes, I'm checking it out.

I'm a tidy, neat person. But I'm not a maniac.

I'm a very routine-oriented guy.

Everything in our society is so purposeful.

I'm very structured. I like planning things out. I get frustrated when they don't go according to plan.

I actually think I'm more of a turtle than Verne is. Where Verne is up on two legs and moving at full speed and doesn't pull his head into the shell very often, I in reality was five or ten minutes later to every recording session.