The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system and strong censorship.

I also doubt a man can give really clear reasons for anything.

China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.

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.

Liberty is about our rights to question everything.

We should also leave behind discrimination, because it is narrow-minded and ignorant, denies contact and warmth; and corrodes mankind's belief that we can better ourselves. The only way to avoid misunderstanding, war and bloodshed is to defend freedom of expression and to communicate with sincerity, concern and good intentions.

I loved New York — every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong — visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.