The so-called culture nowadays is only a fake one with a superficial front. It is an empty lie.

I think we cannot have a double standard. We cannot see our art as different from the reality. We cannot use two different sets of judgment.

China seems unpredictable because it has a distinct culture and social system. It is still a mystery to other parts of the world, even though the veil of China has been lifted many times as a result of globalization.

I don't believe in a sense of home.

No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.

I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.

Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.