I'm not nostalgic about the old city. I don't enjoy it that much. It was just a city with one emperor and the rest of them just rats or meaningless people.

In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.

The media is the message. It carries the full intention and the meaning. Once you change it...it's very disturbing.

I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.

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

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall.

I have always stated I designed the stadium as a toilet seat. I don't care if this is a great cultural event or a national symbol. It has nothing to do with me. It deals with the city.