East-West Fusion Quotes

I think of young Chinese women today as being incredibly modern and are taking a lot from Western style and tailoring.

I should like to say that I am as proud of my Chinese heritage and background as I am devoted to modern science, a part of human civilization of Western origin, to which I have dedicated and I shall continue to dedicate my work.

Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.

There is a definite Chinese pop sound developing, but I was shocked at how influenced it is by American music.

English is my second language, but in Hong Kong, they don't know that I'm from China. They think I'm from Hollywood because all the films they see are from here. China and Hong Kong are very different places, but they're starting to merge. Still the culture is very different.

People think of fortune cookies as being Chinese, but in essence, they are fundamentally American.

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them.

I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character.

The atmosphere of Catholicism in Korea is quite different to the way it is practised and perceived in Europe or the U.S.