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.

It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.

There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship.

I don't think China has professional museums - not in the past, present, or near future.

I lived there [ in New York City] as an artist, but never as a Chinese artist.

I think my stance and my way of life is my most important art.

Many people are going to use [Beijing National Stadium], which makes it more meaningful. If we don't design it, somebody else has to design it.