"Had I grown up in our family's old home in Yunnan, where we were rich and well-known, my father would have moved mountains to help his one and only precious daughter become a painter.
「假如當年還在雲南老家，家世富有、顯赫的父親，無論如何是會為我搭座天梯，栽培唯一的寶貝女兒登上畫家之路」，回憶自己無緣享受的榮華富貴，吳志芬淡然笑著：「無奈我時運不濟，生在家鄉戰亂、父母避難緬甸的時候。」