I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.

The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.

That's why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find myself very contradictory to.

I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.

I don't think my father had a direct influence on me, but I do think, more or less, I was influenced by his independent individualism. And the kind of condition he had when he was in this society - the kind of mistreatment society gave him.

Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.

Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.