If painting were to be held at the stage of copying the old works--landscapes, birds and flowers, figures--not only would the resulting work be lacking in imagination, but such paintings would be lifeless. "
李奇茂的畫在國際間深獲好評，不斷有人邀請他出國展畫，但他為了樹立中國藝術家的形象，並期打入國際藝壇，故只接受藝術大學或博物館的邀請。