"Longing for an idealized antiquity and sentimentally reflecting upon history are extremely common in Chinese art," notes Lang Shaojun, director of modern art studies at the China Art Research Center in Beijing. "But Lee Su Yue's historical sentiments seem to be related to her experience as an expatriate Chinese. Subconsciously, this might be a kind of spiritual compensation as a result of two decades away from her motherland."
但李蘇羽的歷史情懷還應與她僑居海外的經歷有關，在潛意識中，這也許是對二十載遠離故國的一種精神補償」，大陸北京中國藝術研究院近現代美術研究室主任郎紹君指出。