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

Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.

By participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.

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

Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself or you jump from a bridge. In a society where there is no freedom of the press, it is difficult for victims to be noticed.

I'm totally independent. I don't bear any responsibility to any system.

Art should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don't think art is elite or mysterious.