"Taipei artists don't like to paint Taipei, believing that it's too dirty, too messy, too unpaintable," he says. He feels that besides being the city where he was born and bred, Taipei also reflects the special characteristics of the age. Hence, he wants to get the feelings he has about life here down on canvas.
「台北的畫家不愛畫台北，認為她太髒、太亂，不入畫」，謝里法表示，台北除了是他出生長大的地方，在他眼裡還具有時代階段性特色，因此，他要把台北的生活感受畫下來。