Sun Ta-chuan says, "Taiwan's personality resides in mountains and the sea." Sun thinks that the loss of Taiwan's aesthetic sensibility and the cause of many environmental problems is that Taiwanese people have approached this country of high mountains and the open sea with the mentality of flatlanders.
「山跟海，就是台灣的總體風格，」孫大川認為台灣美感的失落，以及諸多環境問題，全因我們總是以「平原人」的腦袋來對待這一塊有高山、大海的土地。