All the auction houses care about is the selling of luxury goods.

Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let people know what is on your mind and why you're doing this.

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of desire and luxury goods.

Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?

Had I to create a name for these times, I’d say it is the age of craziness