Words of the masters He recalls one time when the great painter Ma Pai-shui visited his studio, and saw his creative combination of Western watercolors and Chinese painting. Ma declared, "I am 20 years behind you." Chen was amazed by the remark, and even wrote an article about it.
記得一回大畫家馬白水參觀他的畫室，見到他融合西方水彩和國畫寫生，說：「我比你晚了二十年」，讓年輕的他受寵若驚，還為這句話寫了一篇文章。