![He [William Merritt Chase] is, I suspect, getting a very truthful likeness. I would like it better if [it] was not so gray, so cramped about the eyes, and not quite so corpulent. But is this not quarreling with nature?](/assets/img/quote-photos/he-william-merritt-chase-is-i-suspect-getting-a-very-truthful-likeness-i-wou.jpg)
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