It's a matter of whether you see the self as fundamentally in relationship to other selves or not - whether you see the boundary between self and the world as relatively permeable, which makes you "interdependent" (collectivist) in outlook, or relatively impermeable, which makes you "independent" (individualistic).

A man was the sum of his limits; freedom only made him see how much so.

I'm trying to give people an idea of what black looks like and what white looks like before I introduce them to gray.

These are ideas that work for many, and that may well reflect your true understanding of life.

Chinese language tends to be quick, economical. To know what people are saying, you always need to know what the context is.

I like to listen. I'm much more interested in listening than in speaking, for sure.

There's nothing about interdependence that would keep somebody from making art.