Cai Guo-Qiang Quotes

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

A lot of self-importance goes on in the fashion industry. I'm not like that.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be.

I've got it all: I'm good-looking, I'm educated, I can sing, and I can play rugby. Ridiculous, isn't it?

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

There are two kinds of egotists: Those who admit it, and the rest of us.

The minute I get a big head and start acting like the big man on campus, it's all downhill from there.

It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

If I was sharp in every area, I might be too big-headed or something.

I don't need to pat myself on the back until my arm breaks. I don't need any of that.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

I'm not great enough to be humble.

I am not the humblest person in the world. I admit that.

We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

Bragging just sounds good, man.

I don't know how humble a person can be while consistently spouting statements like 'I, Donald Trump, am a totally gifted politician,' or 'I'm, like, a smart person.'

I never wanted to be 'the big I-Am.'

Frankly, my head can never be bloated.

If I talk about what I'm good at, I seem like I'm a conceited egomaniac.

The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.

But just think what a boring, bread-and-milk world this would be without the boastful.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Don't be humble... you're not that great.