The people who control culture in China have no culture.

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.

The foundational stone for any business, enterprise or project has to be wisdom.

The more choices we have, the greater the need for focus.

The shrinks call it Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. I call it hell. The demons are waiting in each corner, ready to drag me back to the battlefield.- Puncture Wounds (2014)

I never had a long-term plan.

Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine.

The trouble is you think you have time.

You just never know how anything is going to go.

When my title was taken away boxing died.

I think time is a merciless thing. I think life is a process of burning oneself out and time is the fire that burns you.

The real spiritual power is enabling beings to realize the nature of the mind. That's the power of Buddha activity.