Warhol came from an ordinary family and he had a profound understanding about capitalism and material culture. He was probably one of the few Western artists - or artists from the United States - that could be considered a true product of his time and brought out that kind of spirit of the culture.

Just look at the statistics: Each university has tens of thousands of applications for students who want to be in art school, but they can only accept a few hundred.

Censorship is saying: "I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine." But the internet is like a tree that is growing. The people will always have the last word – even if someone has a very weak, quiet voice. Such power will collapse because of a whisper.

If human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

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

Twitter is most suitable for me. In the Chinese language, 140 characters is a novella.