We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.

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

I think I'm just a traveler. When you walk across a river and there's no bridge, you build one. I'm used to having to deal with Chinese Communist ideology - it's not really an ideology, but a method of control. But China's problems are not just China's problems - they're human problems. Humanity has always worked better when you see it as one.

Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.

I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].

The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War.

Everyone of us is a potential convict.