The world is sphere, has no East or West.

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 wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.

I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

I never felt like a Chinese citizen because I was pushed away at a very young age. My father, a writer, was a national enemy of the Communist Party. He was forbidden to write for 20 years. We literally lived underground. We dug a hole and lived there for years. My father cleaned public toilets, even though he was a highly respected poet. Nationality and borders are barriers to our intelligence, to our imagination and to all kinds of possibilities.

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.

Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.