自己
The only thing I can rely on is my own perception, and that is always changing.
I’m not sure if I believe in God, but I believe in art.
I turn myself into a dot and merge with the universe.
I heal myself through art.
Contemporary Chinese art needs to find its own voice, not simply imitate the West.
The true artist is not proud: he is aware that art is infinite and he feels distant from his goal.
"My paintings are my children, each with its own soul."
My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.
"I don't think of myself as a photorealist. I think of myself as a realist painter."
The most important thing is to be honest with yourself and with what you do.
The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.
The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.