"I've seen through Western civilization's trends towards disintegration and disorder, and so what informs my creative work is the quintessence of the culture of the Chinese people, a culture which has been cultivated and developed for 5,000 years. In particular, I take inspiration from the period of the Wei, Jin, Tang, and Song dynasties, when Buddhism entered China."
楊英風生前坦言：「我看穿西方文明趨向破碎、迷亂，便以中華民族五千年孕育的文化精髓為創作靈思，尤其擷取魏晉至唐宋，佛教傳入中國時。」