If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.

You can never know what is and what is not powerful, but you can always find out what the powerful people are scared of. A state like China looks so powerful, but they are so scared of the Internet, so the Internet is more powerful than them.

[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.

My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.

I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.

Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.

We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.