If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing.

[Museums] all belongs to the cultural department, which is the biggest cultural department in the world.

I don't think China should care if this crazy old guy should have a show here or not. You have so many museums in the West, and so many shows, you need somebody to show the work, otherwise it's empty.

China partially wants to become part of the world. By hosting the Olympics and the Expo, they made a big effort to tell people: Look, we are the same. They want to be accepted by the international community.

Measuring national prestige by gold medals is like using Viagra to judge the potency of a man.

All movies in China are censored. Out of 600 movies produced in China, only 60 are allowed to show in theatres.

Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.