He later retracted his remark somewhat in a 1935 interview after Kobayashi's death; in effect, he offered the comment that as long as a work touches people's hearts, it doesn't matter whether it has a master or not (Yamaji KISHI was the interviewer).
その後、小林没後の1935年のインタビューでは、人をうつ力があれば主人持ちでもかまわないという趣旨の発言をしている（聞き手は貴司山治）。