Chinese government is very clearly losing power in every aspect, but trying to fix up all the problems or potential problems..

That's why I always question this sense. The feeling of home really requires a lot of trust. It requires you to identify with it, which I always find….

The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities o….

I don't belong to a working system. They only select people if you belong to one so you can be controlled..

You see so many people doing quite nice and respectful work, but nobody like Warhol. Warhol is outstanding. I think he has a value that is far from f….

During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon..

I was an illegal alien for many, many years. I couldn't move. If I moved I could not even get a visa back..

Of course, most luxury goods in China are for corrupted officials and their relatives. And that made China become the biggest luxury-goods market. In….

Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy..

The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago..

I'm a free man now, except I cannot leave China. You know, I have no desire to travel. I have so many things to do; I cannot finish them now..

Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world it is more dan….

Art needs to stand for something..

The idea to use backpacks came from my visit to Sichuan after the earthquake in May 2008. During the earthquake many schools collapsed. Thousands of ….

There is no media freedom in China. As a result, the society is corrupt and lacks productivity. It is unable to adjust itself for progress. This will….

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 som….

I remember one little rainy day I went searching for this apartment and I saw so many people standing on a stoop on the corner in the rain. Later I r….

The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization..

When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-call….

[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities..

China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here..