Expressing oneself is like a drug. I'm so addicted to it.

We grew up in a very material-lacking socialist society, but today China is a capitalist society. It's very materialistic. It's full of desire and luxury goods.

The whole Chinese system - not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society - is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information. That's why the country can't face up to open competition - unless it resorts to measures like North Korea.

How to become a really modern society when today we are so - as a human being, we feel so powerful. We have high technology and a superb way of controlling our life. And at the same time, in many ways we are so primitive. We are not on - even just a step away from the most brutal and primitive crudity. To be very crude on those issues, which is always challenges and we always have to look at the situation like a mirror, to draw some understanding.

We live in changing times, and many people experience the challenges that come with it. In the face of uncertain futures, no one will know what to expect.

Beijing is constructing a 100,000 m2 modern art museum, yet it will not feature any of my work.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.