If I look at it, I would laugh. I don't know how I became successful.

When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.

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

[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.

Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

How to become a really modern society when today we are so - as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive. We are not on - even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.