As a total activity - I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature.

Selling high or low doesn't mean anything. It has to do purely with the market.

I have to respect my life, and free expression is part of my life. I can never really silence myself.

In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

I never saw [Allen Ginsberg] as some kind of crazy figure.

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.