He disapproves of the oft-heard opinion so flippantly bandied about in recent years that modern art has little use for sketching; on the contrary, he feels that sketching provides an indispensible foundation for both abstract and realistic art.
對於近年流行「現代藝術不必學素描」的說法，郭東榮相當反對，他認為無論走抽象或寫實路線，素描的「基本功」絕不可偏廢。