Everything is art. Everything is politics.

A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.

China restricts the society's freedom of speech. The Communist Party imposes these limits because it lacks confidence towards the future and has no ideals. Nowadays, China is experiencing the detrimental effects of such decisions. Its citizens have no creativity.

We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.

I don't think I was very structured in that society and I don't really believe in personal success, which most Americans believe in.

I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.

I think by shattering it we can create a new form, a new way to look at what is valuable — how we decide what is valuable.