...photographs are facts, but not necessarily true... The present always surpasses the past, and the future will not care about today.

I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.

A city is a place that can offer maximum freedom. Otherwise it’s incomplete.

The [China] government has improved in the last years. Of course, the structure is still the same; there's still a one-party system and strong censorship.

China has a rich history that has spanned millennia. It consists of the histories of many nations and regions.

In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery.

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