The relationship between the Chinese government and me is like a Cold War..

In China, we don't have any contemporary art museums. Until a few years ago, we didn't even have a gallery..

I suddenly realized I was getting ten opening notes a day on my mobile phone, more than when I was in New York. But this is China, where nothing is s….

Liberty is about the right to question everything..

As a person, I was born to give out my opinions. By giving out my opinions, I realize who I am. As long as I can communicate, I'm not so lonely. If I….

A historical property has morals and ethics of the society that created it and it can be revived. What I mean is that we can discover new possibiliti….

We should use this public sphere and redefine - beyond China's borders - what a government is allowed to do, where its powers end and where the realm….

This so-called contemporary art is not a form, but a philosophy of society..

China hasn't only existed for one day. Now, the whole nation has become richer and it's become a problem. The problem is universal. The factor is big….

[Being unique] gives so much privilege to people who can make it, rather than having some moral and aesthetic discussions..

I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need..

If people are being abused or even killed during an arrest, this is highly disturbing..

The Internet changes the structure of society all the time — this massiveness made of individuals..

The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It's as simple as that..

People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It's an unbearable condi….

We have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something..

Even if I have hundreds of things to do, the disconnected feeling is still there because it is very hard to find a real purpose of life..

Any politician who respects China's government should tell it openly what is in his heart. It is disrespectful to keep quiet about such issues - both….

The rest of the world understands little about China's changes and the possibilities and crises that come with them..

I think the pearls - one is a necklace, and another you have five hundred pounds of pearls, which may be one million pearls in a bowl - really show a….

To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat..