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 curated this show [Shanghai Biennale ], I was by no means trying to shock people or be controversial.

I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let people know what is on your mind and why you're doing this.

Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

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.

I don't like China. Even today, I still feel I have no emotional relations with this place.

All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.