Si Chi Ko and his "painting with a camera" have been praised by the likes of Nobel-prize-winning author (and painter) Gao Xingjian: "Photography as an art has such a short history in China. I don't know of anyone who has advanced it further than Si Chi Ko."
「在中國，攝影做為一種藝術，歷史如此之短，我還不知道有誰走得比柯錫杰更遠。」這是 2000 年諾貝爾文學獎得主、本身也是畫家的高行健，對柯錫杰「用相機作畫」的讚嘆。