"My life is a performance. It's a performance for freedom, for justice, for human rights."

"I think the most important thing for an artist is to be responsible for his own actions, for his own words, for his own thoughts."

"I think the most important thing for an artist is to be free, to be independent, to be able to express himself without fear."

"My art is not about politics. My art is about life, about human rights, about freedom."

"My art is about individual freedom and expression, which is what the Chinese government fears most."