Wang often exhorts Chen Yin-hui, Liao Teh-cheng, and other artist friends not to pander to common tastes just to make their work more marketable, which he regards as "selling one's soul."
他還經常向陳銀輝、廖德政等藝術家朋友表示，千萬不要為了錢出賣靈魂，同流合污的從俗賣畫。