The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals.

The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.

The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China's future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state, the jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.

To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.

You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.

Every day I'm learning something new from the practice. It's very rewarding.