The Rukai carver Lhidako-Patalinoko, who is regarded as a tribal treasure, once said that there were two things he dreamed about becoming when he was a small boy: a heroic hunter and a highly skilled furniture crafts man.
已故的魯凱族國寶級雕刻家力大谷，曾經敘述自己從小夢想兩件事，一是成為英勇無比、獵績輝煌的獵人，二是成為手巧，會製造工具、技術高超的匠人。