Because Chinese art is booming, it legitimizes this profession.

If a master, a wise and experienced man, wields a great weapon, that's beautiful. He can serve peace with it. But if someone's emotions are imbalanced, even if he has the best equipment, he will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn't trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.

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

The United States is a melting pot. Like John F. Kennedy said, it's a nation of immigrants. But Donald Trump wants to build a fence that clearly makes the statement: "You and I are divided. We're different, and you're dangerous." That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It's dangerous to create that kind of tension.

I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment.

New York was not a romantic city at [80th]. Nobody knows who you are and you don't have to care about anybody else. It's a very cold city, I should say.

If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than the gallery artworks.