民主是一种机制，确保我们得到的治理不会比我们应得的更好。

绘画不是关于再现，而是关于呈现。

I write to make sense of the world around me.

The rise of China and other authoritarian states challenges the idea that liberal democracy is the only viable political system.

I don’t have to prove anything to anyone. I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.

创造力是具有严肃后果的一种游戏形式。

The artist is the brother of the criminal and the madman.