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.

There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.

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

New York has given me a lot, but I still don't consider it home.

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.

If there is no free speech, every single life has lived in vain

Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.