To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is not necessary.

Liberty is about the right to question everything.

New York is a city where you're so alone, you're an individual, you can disappear. You can make something happen. But it's very different to make something happen in the art world.

Everyone of us is a potential convict.

I also have to speak out for people around me who are afraid, who think it is not worth it or who have totally given up hope. So I want to set an example: you can do it and this is OK, to speak out.

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.

For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.