"Creativity only flowers where the soil of life is rich," says Lee. Taiwanese society is one in which people work and live at a frenetic pace. Life moves so fast that lifestyles suffer. If Taiwanese don't first develop a pervasive interest in style and aesthetics, the much-talked-about economy of aesthetics will become nothing more than so much hot air.
「肥沃的生活土壤才能栽種出豐饒多采多姿的創意花朵，」李仁芳說，台灣是一個「快工速活」的社會，生活步調快速、生活風格乾枯；如果台灣不先有一個較成熟的風格社會，火紅時尚的美學經濟論述，恐怕會成為建造在沙地上的夢幻天鵝堡。