Many of Chen's family are disappointed with how late recognition came to Chen, and at the fact that Chen did not get the favored treatment accorded other members of the older generation. But Chen just says calmly, "What was the rush?"
對於自己的大器晚成，或是未曾享有其他老畫家們的諸多榮寵，親人總是深深為他抱不平，而陳慧坤卻是很篤定的回答：「急什麼，急什麼。」