畫畫對我而言，不只是記錄眼前的風景，也是一種安靜觀看世界的方式。
Painting is not only a record of what is in front of me; it is a quiet way of looking at the world.
慢一點，才看得見Slow enough to see
寫生的時候，最花時間的往往不是動筆，而是坐下來看。看久了才發現，同一片山，十分鐘前與十分鐘後是兩種顏色；而我們平常走過去，一種都沒看見。
所以我畫得慢。慢不是技術上的謹慎，而是願意等——等光走到它該走的位置，等心裡那份急躁自己退下去。
When painting outdoors, the longest part is not the brushwork but the sitting and looking. Ten minutes changes the colour of a whole mountain — and walking past, we see none of it.
畫壞的那些The ones that failed
每一張完成的畫背後，都有好幾張沒有走到最後的。它們不是浪費，是必要的練習——手要先錯過很多次，才知道正確的那一筆有多輕。
Behind every finished picture are several that never made it. They are not waste; the hand has to be wrong many times before it knows how light the right stroke should be.
留白On empty space
水墨教會我最重要的一件事，是「不畫」也是一種畫。紙上留下的空白，不是還沒完成，而是給看畫的人呼吸的地方。
生活大概也是這樣。不必把每一格都填滿，留一點空，故事才有地方繼續。
Ink painting taught me that not painting is also painting. The blank on the paper is not unfinished — it is where the viewer breathes.