To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable — how we decide what is valuable.

I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.

When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.

My angst and my insecurity reflect the state's angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.

I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

China and the U.S. are two societies with very different attitudes towards opinion and criticism. In China, I am constantly under surveillance. Even my slightest, most innocuous move can - and often is - censored by Chinese authorities.