In a sense [Joseph] Albers was an authoritarian teacher. He had rules about most things and very definite ideas.

When I started teaching in the late 60s, in a time of student revolutions and changes, they changed in question of society and authority.

If you close the door to the things you feel comfortable with, you will never discover the truth about yourself.

Usually when I go to the Summer Exhibition, I think every room is too much the same, and I loose my capacity to look at individual works.

It's just that some things more important for this and less important for that, and this is true regardless the style of the art.

There was something really wonderful about being able to feel confident about doing my first exhibition in China, that people would have no trouble recognising the images and understanding my work. I also have a lot of freedom in the way I use colour, and I think that kind of freedom in colour is also understandable in every culture.

When I was invited to go to Wuhan, I didn't know anything about it, so I looked up the Wikipedia about Wuhan. I discovered that part of Wuhan used to be Hankou, and then I realised that my great grandmother came from Hankou. My grandmother and father were both born in Hankou. Of all the places in China, it is the most amazing place to have asked for my exhibition. I needed to go back where my family comes from!