Lin argues that the Asian Financial Crisis and SARS contributed to keeping the Taiwan market very quiet for 13 years. It was only when the economies of China, India and Russia took off, minting a fresh batch of nouveau riche and kickstarting a cultural renaissance, that investing in art reached its current height of fashionability.
林天民分析，經歷亞洲金融危機、SARS 低迷，台灣藝術市場沉寂了 13 年，才因中國、印度、俄羅斯等的經濟崛起，創造了一批新富階級，並帶動另一波文藝復興，如今藝術投資已再度成為熱門課題。