New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different to make something happen in the art world.

I came back [to Beijing ] because that's the only time I had an excuse to come back, or otherwise I would never have a reason to come back.

Everything is selected by the central government without good judgment or an understanding of culture to make it really safe. They will become nobody to maintain their power and be raised to the next higher level.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...

If there's the right condition, I always want to express the concept or ideas in a very independent way.

Say what you say plainly, and then take responsibility for it.