Many people I know - writers, poets - they have all been sentenced not once but sometimes three times after they come out. They serve five or six years, come out another time, and then nine years. Come out again, 12 years. Only because they have a different opinion. They are innocent people, they have beautiful minds, beautiful hearts.

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

Modern Chinese culture is weak and lackluster.

Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.

I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

My situation gives me certain ideas about beauty or the excitement of life, but that doesn't mean other people can necessarily appreciate it.

Freedom of expression is a very essential condition for me to make any art. Also, it is an essential value for my life. I have to protect this right and also to fight for the possibility.