If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that's beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone's emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment, he will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn't trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.

It [success] is really by mistake.

Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.

If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

I never had a sense of home.

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.

Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.