There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.

Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.

Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.

In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.

Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.

My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is never about exhibiting in museums or about hanging it on the wall. Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious. I don’t think anybody can separate art from politics. The intention to separate art from politics is itself a very political intention.

No state or society can claim to have established human rights once and for all.