This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society.

You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate [the two] is itself a very political intention.

At the moment about 350,000 students return to China from abroad each year - 350,000 young and educated people. I know about them because they know me and often ask me in the street if they can take a selfie with me. These folks are creative and ironic, and the government can ultimately not control what is going on in their heads.

To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling. It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...

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.