He recently turned down an offer of NT $ 4.5 million in advance for all his African paintings, since he believed the sale would stunt his creativity.
在他去非洲前，有人表示願以新台幣四百五十萬元，預訂他非洲之行的全部作品。這種預約方式，雖然提供吳炫三相當的保障，不必擔心未來繪畫的銷路，但吳炫三唯恐因此消蝕了創作的動力與熱忱，便婉拒了。