"I'm a country boy at heart and have a bit of an inferiority complex. Because I started painting rather late in life, I need to have a better mastery of technique than other artists.
吳炫三說：「我來自鄉下，常有一種不如人的自卑感，加上我繪畫起步較晚，種種因素，促使我必須比別人更努力，更講求方法，才能在畫壇爭得一席之地。