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

[Cultural departments] don't care about culture. Maybe they're the furthest from the people who understand culture.

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

Only with the Internet can a peasant I have never met hear my voice and I can learn what's on his mind. A fairy tale has come true.

I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let people know what is on your mind and why you're doing this.

Technology is a liberation. I think the information age probably is the best thing to happen to the human race in human evolution. Now you have the equal opportunity to equip yourself through information and knowledge and express yourself as an independent mind.

Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.