Lin might well advocate impressionistic painting that does not pursue likeness, but what he means by "no likeness" is actually a kind of superseding of reality through a likeness to spirit that goes beyond form, and is not to be confused with fantasy painting that takes nature lightly.
雖主張意不在似的寫意畫，其所謂「不在似」，實係一種神似形離的超現實，根本就不是忽視自然的幻想畫。