What is important is that we actively express our thoughts and wishes, in every realm that we can access.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

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

It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a lifestyle and attitude than producing some product.

The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.

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

[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions.