I suddenly realized I was getting ten opening notes a day on my mobile phone, more than when I was in New York. But this is China, where nothing is surprising.

A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.

There's no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.

I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.

If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain

No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.

Censorship is saying: "I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine." But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.