"I do not practice Zen. I paint with pure mind and feel amidst peace. Neither abstraction, nor minimalism, such is but my conceptualization of art. And grey, just as the tone of my work, best depicts my style. It is ambiguous, enchanting while uncertain. Through the stroke I find my spiritual anchor and the ink my cultural indulgence. I start with but go beyond ink painting. It serves as aesthetic reference and artistic methodology rather than a 'cultural association'. Essentially, it is the realization and outflow of the spirit of the artist himself."

- Shen Chen, 2008