"I owe it to my teacher that I was able to overcome my inferiority complex. When I was studying under Pan Yuan-shih in Tainan, he entered one of my paintings in an exhibition, and I won a prize. This increased my confidence in my work and encouraged me to make greater efforts. As a result I was able to enrol in the National Junior College of Arts."
目前在國內很受注目的聾啞女畫家陸萳洲，曾在她的自傳裡提到，她所以能摒除自卑心理，主要是因為她在台南啟聰學校念書時，有一幅作品被潘元石拿去參加展覽，得了獎，使她對自己繪畫的前途有了信心，努力學畫，終於考上國立藝專。