Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.

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.

Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics.

Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

The museums used to be exhibition halls for government propaganda, and now every city wants to build a museum. A few thousand are to be built in the next few years, all using taxpayer money. But there is no system, no research, no content, no good programs, no good managers.

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

Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.