The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it. I don’t feel that much anger. I equally have a lot of joy.

[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.

It is not an easy job to govern China, I am aware of that. There are crises and emergencies all the time, we might not even be aware of some. But I am afraid we'll have to wait and observe precisely what the government is up to.

To experience poetry is to see over and above reality. It is to discover that which is beyond the physical, to experience another life and another level of feeling. It is to wonder about the world, to understand the nature of people and, most importantly, to be shared with another, old or young, known or unknown.

It's really rubbish that some kind of "technical" learning means you will be a better person because you know this skill better.

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.