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.

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

I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

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

Even if there have been setbacks during these past years, China is changing. China's society is opening.

Growing up, my family was an enemy of the state. I have experienced more disappointment than joy, much more sad stories or desperate conditions.

When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.