Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.

Through my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.

It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we'll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.

No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.

I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.

What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.