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

In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery.

If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.

If Shakespeare were alive today, he might be writing on Twitter.

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues - both vis-a-vis the government and the people concerned.