In the arts, for example, though it is possible to make a quick emotional connection with Taiwanese, their skills are unfortunately not as strong as their feelings, and "aesthetic sense is not given the importance it deserves." Thus most people remain mired in the humdrum or even the vulgar, and it has not been possible to produce more cultural elites like Ang Lee or Hou Hsiao-hsien.
以藝術舉例，台灣人雖然容易感動，可惜手感不像情感那麼強烈，「美感琢磨不到位」，一般大眾因而還是相對平庸，未能造就出更多像李安、侯孝賢一樣的文化菁英。