Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.

Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them.

Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.

I am very much interested in the so-called useless object. I mean, it takes perfect craftsmanship, beautiful material carefully measured and crafted, but at the same time it’s really useless.