Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.

People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condition.

I don't believe in a sense of home.

Life is never guaranteed to be safe, so we better use it while we are still in good condition.

When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called "Fifth Generation." I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.

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

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.