Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that's the 1980s. New York in the '80s was not so interesting. I think it's quite narrow-minded. There wasn't much encouragement or opportunities for any artist - not just Chinese artists.

I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.

It's always the rich and there's plenty to waste, yet still China has a lot of people living in very spare, poor conditions.

[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.

I don’t want the next generation to fight the same fight as I did.

Individual; that means he has his own special way to communicate, which creates the form of him. In the information age, this expression and communication has become so different.

A society is healthy only when it allows its members to discuss their thoughts openly. This is also the only way that a society can gather consensus, let everyone express his or her wish, and foster creativity.