Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

If you just turn to your paper or television each day, there are thousands of stories that are much more shocking than the gallery artworks.

In the end, I think, the state's rigidity is a function of its own insecurity, its indecisiveness.

The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum. A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.

Even though everybody who looked at me would call me a Chinese artist, that's the 1980s. New York in the '80s was not so interesting. I think it's quite narrow-minded. There wasn't much encouragement or opportunities for any artist - not just Chinese artists.

The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.

Dictatorship is a story about death of others who turn out to be you coincidently.