Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.

Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.

Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.

The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself

Anyone fighting for freedom does not want to totally lose their freedom.

In a society like this there is no negotiation, no discussion, except to tell you that power can crush you any time they want — not only you, your whole family and all people like you.

When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called "Fifth Generation." I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.