Liberty is about the right to question everything.

In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.

I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.

I can still wake up the next day and feel that there's something that needs to be done, which always amuses me.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

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

I deal with students every day - from China, Germany, the United States, Hong Kong and Taiwan. And I've noticed that the Chinese students are the least trained in having a sense of aesthetics. They lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions. People who can't do that don't get a sense of responsibility. And if you lack a sense of responsibility, you push the blame onto the system.