Sun has not changed since being selected as a Traditional Arts Master. On the one hand he sees fame to be "as fleeting as drifting clouds," and on the other hand the passing on of his art is his natural work, which he has never abandoned even for a day.
當選民族藝師以來，孫毓芹仍是守著一把古琴，不改其趣，一來是名利於他本如浮雲，二來是薪傳工作本也一朝未棄。