Back in 1949, Liu was browsing through an exhibit of architect Hsiang Hung's artwork at Chungshan Hall when someone asked him, "Hsiang Hung is an engineer and so are you, so why don't you paint, too?"
民國三十八年，劉其偉到中山堂觀賞建築師香洪的畫展，有人問他：「香洪是工程師，你也是工程師，為什麼不畫？」