"Although my parents were illiterate, they gave me the best kind of down-to-earth, practical education." Those lessons helped foster one of his greatest assets as a sculptor: "Every time my back is drenched in sweat as I chisel away at rock, I feel a lot of gratitude for the strength and endurance that I cultivated doing farm work."
「父母雖然不識字，但他們給了我實實在在、腳踏實地盡本分的最好身教。」這種態度轉化為他做雕塑的基本功，「每當我汗流浹背地雕鑿石頭時，就非常感謝從小務農訓練出來的體力和耐力。」