The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.

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

All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest human performance and send their children to this field.

It doesn't matter where I am - China will stay in me. I don't know how far I can still walk on this road and what is the limit.

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

For those actors and directors who produce films which are always about the old kingdom or about heroes, you know about the fantasies related to the classics, but there is no real discussion about today's life and no discussion of the real conditions - which is really sickening. They've become part of a conspiracy, collaborators of the crime, which is lying to the general public and trying to hide the kind of criminal acts happening in many cases.