You can take things from the past, from the culture, from the immediate past and things that have not yet entered the culture, so they have no history yet. You can create your own context.

You can see in my paintings, I've taken away the context, I've taken away the shadows, I've taken away expression, I've taken away the personal, and yet so much remains!

Sometimes we look at a work of art and we immediately think that it is German art, but with some we don't, it's not so obvious.

The viewer brings all additional information to the image.

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!

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

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.