Cai Guo-Qiang Quotes

Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.

Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.

Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

I’d rather be slow and right, than be fast and dead.

It is of no use to possess a lively wit if it is not of the right proportion: the perfection of a clock is not to go fast, but to be accurate.

Proportion is almost impossible to human beings. There is no one who does not exaggerate.

It is better to be approximately right than to be precisely wrong.

I see dynamite in it.

We cannot sacrifice our humanity in the name of security - or we risk losing both.

In order to be totally spontaneous, you can't be too obsessed with accuracy, but if you're inaccurate in a drawing, it will look fake, and when you act, it will sound fake. You have to find miraculously some proper balance between the two, but there's no formula.

Once you learn how to roller skate for 'Starlight Express,' it's a lifelong skill you have acquired.

Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.

Pommel horse is probably the most nerve-wracking because it's one of the events that is easiest to fall off, and then you lose the momentum of the whole routine.

If I have my feet under me, I'm a much better passer.

Writing is the easy part. The 'getting it right' part is harder.

Footwork is the biggest element to any quarterback game because if it's off, it will mess with your mechanics.

In snooker, it's very important to keep very still on the shot and allow the cue to do the work.

I never think that walls can protect you.

I treat my life as though I am on a tightrope.

A great solo is one that's so frail that it actually teeters on the edge of falling apart, but doesn't.

Life's too short to be super conservative but it's also too short to make it any shorter. I don't plan on dying early, but at the same time I don't plan on playing it so safe that I'll live to ninety.

In life, I'm a guy who likes to drive a car quite fast, but I wear a seat belt at the same time.

I'm not going to go out there and throw the ball all around the park and throw it to the other team.