"If you just pick some hot topic, it won't be trendy for more than three years; if you want to take current events for your themes, you still have to have artistic ability," says Yang, who doesn't think his own works are only subject matter without power of their own.
「如果只是題材紅，紅不過三年，選擇反映時代為題材，但仍要有藝術表現能力」，楊茂林並不以為自己的作品只有主題，而無力量。