Otherwise, I think the building can be bigger, larger, and the city can be much more crazy. The problem is the government structure is so deadly stupid, not really solving problems but creating a lot of problems itself every day.

If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back.

Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.

If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.

A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.

I spent a lot of time standing on street corners [of New York City] talking to local residents. I spent time in bookstores and galleries. But most of the time, I really did not have much to do.