The items which clutter the background of human life do not interest me. "The works of Li Chi-mao include landscapes, birds and flowers, figures, even modern city street scenes, but his favorite subjects are people, cattle, and horses.
而由於彩墨繪法仍以線條為主，故色彩用得極淡，加上大片留白，整體給人的感覺是恬淡、幽雅、引人遐思，符合中國文人所愛好的純淨、高邈的氣韻。」他又說：「水墨畫是中國的傳統藝術，中國畫家唯有畫中國畫才能傳承民族文化的命脈。