"Cultural work is like farming: planting seeds, cultivating shoots, and tending young plants require great patience," argues Wu Chin-fa. If Kaohsiung is to turn from being a cultural desert, as it is in most people's estimations, into being a cultural oasis, it will require long-term tilling of the cultural soil.
「文化工作需要更長的跑道，需要歷經播種、發芽、成長的階段」，吳錦發指出，要將高雄由一般人眼中的文化沙漠變綠洲，需要長時間的耕耘。