I've always had a strong feeling for the Statue of Liberty, because it became the statue of my personal liberty.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Living in New York City, I am reminded by the Statue of Liberty that the United States of America has always welcomed those yearning to breathe free and seek a better life.
As I looked up at the Statue of Liberty, I thought at that time, 'What a wonderful country.'
I launched Imperia at the Statue of Liberty because I wanted to use something symbolic. I like American society because it always wants to do something new and better.
I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling.
Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.
When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.
When my mother, sisters and I arrived on the shores of America when I was 8 years old, the boat on which we came, a freighter, passed the Statue of Liberty.
As a boy, the very words 'Liberty Bell' and 'Independence Hall' fired my imagination and made a profound and lasting impression on my mind. Throughout my struggle to secure national freedom for China, I have continuously dreamed of the day when she would assume the full stature of an independent, democratic nation.
The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'
I grew up in New Jersey and never went up the Statue of Liberty.