Li responded to a question on how one should view a painting critically: "As with Western art, first, is the arrangement of the painting appropriate on the whole, the structure balanced? In Chinese painting it is especially important that white space be intelligently situated.
許多畫家都曾以王義之愛鵝為題材作過畫，但無非都是從王羲之的觀點出發，畫他如何愛鵝，或如何觀察鵝游水的姿勢。「如反過來以鵝的角度看這件事，我以為王羲之那樣愛鵝，鵝一定也會有所感應。