Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.

I believe [the architecture firm] Herzog and de Meuron and our collaboration made the product the best it could be.

Every day I'm learning something new from the practice. It's very rewarding.

Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.

You see so many people doing quite nice and respectful work, but nobody like Warhol. Warhol is outstanding. I think he has a value that is far from fully understood. He's very special for younger generations.

My situation gives me certain ideas about beauty or the excitement of life, but that doesn't mean other people can necessarily appreciate it.

I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who's like a child.