Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.

New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different to make something happen in the art world.

To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling. It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.

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

It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.

Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.

I never had a sense of home.