Works by foreign painters are of little significance to local art history. I hope me collection will provide encouragement to local painters in the pursuit of their ideals, and bring modern Chinese art to a new epoch, "Chao said.
我一向佩服國內西畫家在追求藝術上所做的種種努力，希望我的收藏能給國內現代藝術的發展提供一些助力，並為面臨轉變階段的中國現代藝術做一個見證，所以我把收集的重點放在現代西畫上。」