I believe in the power of the image, but I don’t believe in the authority of the image.

If you stare at a red shape for a long time, when you turn away, your retina will hold the image but you will see a green version of the same shape.

In the same way, when I lived in China, I saw the positive image of Mao so many times that my mind now holds a negative image of Mao. In my art I am transferring this psychological feeling to a physical object.
                                                                        - Zhang Hongtu