Upon learning that Kuan Chun-mai's art was completely self-taught, Chin Hsiao-i, head of the NPM at that time, praised him saying, "Your egg carvings may not be the most beautiful works of art of all time, but they most certainly are new masterpieces coming out of an old tradition."
當時故宮博物院院長秦孝儀得知他的技藝完全得自自我摸索時，相當讚嘆：「你的蛋雕或許不是世上最美的藝術品，卻是真正從傳統中創新的傑作。」