Individual; that means he has his own special way to communicate, which creates the form of him. In the information age, this expression and communication has become so different.

I don't believe in the so-called Olympic spirit. I speak from personal experience. When China hosted the Games, it failed to include the people. The event was constructed without regard for their joy.

For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.

I never had secure, belonging feelings with this society [in China].

Art is always about overcoming obstacles between the inner condition and the skill for expression.

I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a kind of [society] condition.

My image of what a city should be - the super-rich and all the poor and desperate and the people who have some kind of a desire. It's a surviving game, people trying to survive on many different levels.