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Do not try to paint the grandiose thing. Paint the commonplace so that it will be distinguished.
William Merritt Chase
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William Merritt Chase
Age: 66 †
Born: 1849
Born: November 1
Died: 1916
Died: October 25
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My God, I'd rather go to Europe than go to heaven.
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I am not sure that it is a bad thing to go to a school, as I did, where the boys threw things at me, and asked if there was nothing else I could do [but draw].
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Combine a certain amount of indifference with your ambition. Be carefully careless. If you don't succeed today, there is always tomorrow.
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Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.
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