Having grown up in a conservative, thrifty Hakka household where his studio stood in front of his mother's pigsty, buying paints by mail order from Japan or going to Taipei to buy books and visit exhibitions was in fact quite extravagant.
生長在保守節儉的客家家庭，寫場的背後是媽媽的豬圈，對他來說，郵購日本顏料，到台北買書、看展覽，實在已經是相當的縱情揮霍了。