We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.

Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.

It's really rubbish that some kind of "technical" learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.

Our lives are bound by physical limits, familial ties, political conditions, and geographical restrictions. Individual freedom takes us beyond them all.

I spend a lot of time talking to journalists.

The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system and strong censorship.

Now I've come to such a mixed culture: America, Europe, South America, Africa. And the politics are changing everywhere all the time and becoming even more unpredictable. There's no such thing as "fixed" culture. China is also becoming more global. Its problems are becoming international problems, becoming German problems, becoming American problems. Nothing is clear-cut. Perhaps I'll find my way - or get totally lost.