Today, Macaense (or Macanese), the free mix of the various ethnic currents of Macau has become the most vibrant element of its culture. "Without it, Macau wouldn't exist," says Carlos Marreiros, who once served as director of the Macau government's bureau of culture, and now works as an architect, painter, author and poet.
如今，混雜著各類文化影響的「澳門式」已成澳門文化最精彩的部分，「沒有它，澳門將不存在」，曾任澳門政府文化司司長，現在是澳門建築師、畫家、作家與詩人的馬若龍說。