The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.

It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that.

My childhood was quite extreme. Sometimes I was so weak I could not stand up. But now I am so strong. Life is unpredictable

There's no single artwork I even want to mention or that I can even really think about it to have any feeling, to be proud of it.

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

Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don't design it, somebody else has to design it.

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.