Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

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

Destroy or build. Crazy or noncrazy. I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much.

I'm doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I've been preparing for half a year. I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there - any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog. I'm just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.

[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...

I don't think it's worth discussing new directions in the context of Chinese art - there were no old directions, either. Chinese art has never had any clear orientation.