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

Now many enterprises are made by individuals, so the attitude has started to change.

I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.

I think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it's very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.

I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.

I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.

It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.