Look at all the polemics and debate in art circles since the end of the Qing dynasty--see how much energy everyone has wasted on arguing about East and West, abstract and representational. But in Paris San Yu made paintings which appeal to everyone, Chinese and Westerners alike.
你看清末以來畫壇論戰堆疊成山，大家浪費了多少精神在爭辯東方西方，而在巴黎的常玉畫出中國人、西方人都會喜歡的畫。