艺术家应有广泛的兴趣和爱好。我国现代著名画家潘天寿除读书、作画、吟诗、篆刻及登山之外,最爱好的消遣是下围棋。那的确是消遣,然又绝非一般意义上的消遣。他常以围棋的布局来比方画面的构图,下棋的终极目的仍在从中反复领悟作画构图的真谛。潘天寿在画面构图方面极具特色,他特别重视空间的占领,以少胜多,严格控制面积,出奇制胜。他作画时常说:“我落墨处黑,我着眼处却在白。” The artist should have a wide range of interests and hobbies. In addition to reading, painting, poetry, carving and mountaineering, Pan Tianshou, a famous modern Chinese painter, likes to play chess under the hobby. That is indeed recreational, but in no way the general sense of pastime. He often uses the layout of Go to make up the picture composition. The ultimate goal of playing chess is still repeatedly comprehending the essence of composition. Pan Tianshou very distinctive composition in the picture, he paid special attention to the occupation of space, with less victory, strict control of the area, surprisingly winning. As often as he paints, “I fall into the dark, and I look at the place where it is white.”