Choices after waking up: To be true or to lie? To take action or be brainwashed? To be free or be jailed?

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 difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is how high you raise your foot.

Note that acceptance is different from approval. Acceptance is simply saying, “It is so.

Simple truths are a relief from grand speculations.

Imagine somebody says you are going to die in a few weeks; I'd really rather not know.

Venison and venery defeated me.

A checkbook is a theological document, it will tell you who and what you worship.

A good midfielder has eyes in the back of his head, that's the secret in a nutshell

There is pressure every day as a footballer.

Anything that says 'healthy' I say away from... Giving up butter, for instance, means that in about two years you will be covered in dandruff.

Even if you don't have anything, even if you've got a quarter in your pocket, to share with someone else who has nothing really helps.