While himself unable to explain the popularity of his works, Chiang is an eloquent spokesman on painting in general and traditional painting in particular.
江兆申極其講究「意境」，不但不臨古人，亦不重覆自己。因此心中倘無新境，寧可不畫；意境未臻成熟，也堅不動筆；一旦動筆，其間經營運思，過程亦長。