I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.

The viewer brings all additional information to the image.

I think that the exchange is very important. Before I did the exhibition in Shanghai, I was a judge for the John Moores Painting Prize and that was very interesting for me, because some of the judges are Chinese and some are British, and we look at the work together. It was fascinating that most of the time we were in complete agreement, but some of the time we were not. People send their works from all over China. For a foreigner, this gave me a very good picture about what is happening in China and its art today.

I thought the objects we value least because they were ubiquitous were actually the most extraordinary.

At the Summer Exhibition, I didn't really change anything; it's the same exhibition. All I changed is the presentation. I didn't really change the rules.

I had my exhibition of paintings first in Shanghai, and then recently in Wuhan. Wuhan particularly interested me, because I am 1/8 Chinese.

If I did not love the things that I do, how could I spend my life doing this? You have to invest what you spend your life doing with pleasure.