So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake art and culture.

Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.

Each year, more people want to become artists.

I think China is laughing about the results of the presidential elections. China, Russia, they all laugh about it. They see how dramatic U.S. has to be put this kind of shame on its own - cannot handle the situation. Or show such a difficulty with this liberal ideas. Men or women created equal. And to defend those very essential ideas.

[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.

Many people I know - writers, poets - they have all been sentenced not once but sometimes three times after they come out. They serve five or six years, come out another time, and then nine years. Come out again, 12 years. Only because they have a different opinion. They are innocent people, they have beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.

I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.