Though in the quiet of the night he sometimes wondered about his choice, he remembered the Renaissance painter Albrecht Durer and other artists who brought a scientific perspective to their art. Such artists made a tremendous contribution to natural history and the botany of their day. Taiwan has such a rich ecosystem. How, he wondered, had artists managed to ignore it?
雖然夜深人靜時，他也曾對自己的取捨感到茫然，但思及文藝復興時代就有德國杜勒等少數畫家，用既藝術又科學的角度創作，對當時的自然史、植物學提供極大貢獻，台灣的生態如此豐富，又如何能讓它在藝術上留白呢？