When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called "Fifth Generation." I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.

Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.

Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life.

I think it’s a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.