I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].

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

In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.

When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.

I don't believe in a sense of home.

The Internet has established a public sphere and developed a pressure which the government can no longer ignore.

Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.