In his view, no matter what the "ism," each style of painting will have its heyday; but each movement can only have significance as one stage or step. But, unlike clothes, art endures.
他的想法是：無論抽象、寫實、表現… … 種種「主義」，都是繪畫形式上一次次的運動，它們的確造成時潮；但是，繪畫運動有其階段性的意義，形式潮流更不同於時裝，過時便有秋扇見捐之虞。