William Merritt Chase Quotes

William Merritt Chase — American Artist born on November 01, 1849, died on October 25, 1916

William Merritt Chase was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons The New School for Design... (wikipedia)

Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.

You must try to match your colors as nearly as you can to those you see before you, and you must study the effects of light and shade on nature's own hues and tints.

I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky.

Life is very short... but I would like to live four times and if I could, I would set out to do no other things than I am seeking now to do.