Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

Your own acts tell the world who you are and what kind of society you think it should be.

A small act is worth a million thoughts.

Creativity is part of human nature. It can only be untaught.

The art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.

The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.

Maybe being powerful means to be fragile.

Everything is art. Everything is politics.

I think art certainly is the vehicle for us to develop any new ideas, to be creative, to extend our imagination, to change the current conditions.

I think optimism is whether you are still exhilarated by life, whether you are curious, whether you still believe there is possibility.

The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.

It does not matter how long it takes. God will fulfil the promises.

When a man cannot fight he would curse. The gods like to feel needed.

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight.

If you want to understand what is wrong with stupid people you must be one of them.

Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.

I'm not saying we don't need health care reform. We do need health care reform.

If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ.

If you believe that when the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, then you believe that creating wealth causes poverty, and you're an idiot.

I do not see how hanging litter louts up by their heels and beating them with sticks could be considered a crime.

The head is not more native to the heart.