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title: "3 Amateur Quotes By Chuck Close"
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> [“Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/amateurs-look-for-inspiration-the-rest-of-us-just-get-up-and-go-to/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/416/chuck-close-4781_diligence_amateurs-look-for-inspiration-the-rest-o_1123109.jpg)

> [“I always thought that inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/i-always-thought-that-inspiration-is-for-amateurs-the-rest-of-us-just/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/chuck-close-4781_inspiration_i-always-thought-that-inspiration-is-for_1732903.jpg)

> [“Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/inspiration-is-for-amateurs-i-just-get-to-work/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

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## Other authors on Amateur

## More by Chuck Close

> [While photography is the easiest medium in which to be competent, it is the hardest in which to develop an idiosyncratic personal vision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/while-photography-is-the-easiest-medium-in-which-to-be-competent-it/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/never-let-anyone-define-what-you-are-capable-of-by-using-parameters/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/inspiration-is-highly-overrated-if-you-sit-around-and-wait-for-the/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/there-s-something-zen-like-about-the-way-i-work-it-s-like-raking/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [After a few days in hospital, I was thinking, Oh, gee - I raised in a church, Protestant upbringing which I'd rejected as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/after-a-few-days-in-hospital-i-was-thinking-oh-gee-i-raised-in-a/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/painting-is-the-most-magical-of-mediums-the-transcendence-is-truly/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [Every child should have a chance to feel special.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/every-child-should-have-a-chance-to-feel-special/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/it-s-always-a-pleasure-to-talk-about-someone-else-s-work/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [I absolutely hate technology, and I'm computer illiterate, and I never use any labor-saving devices although I'm not convinced that a computer is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/i-absolutely-hate-technology-and-i-m-computer-illiterate-and-i-never/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [In the 7th grade, I made a 20-foot long mural of the Lewis and Clark Trail while we were studying that in history because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/in-the-7th-grade-i-made-a-20-foot-long-mural-of-the-lewis-and-clark/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/ease-is-the-enemy-of-the-artist-when-things-get-too-easy-you-re-in/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/i-m-very-learning-disabled-and-i-think-it-drove-me-to-what-i-m-doing/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [If it looks like art, chances are it's somebody else's art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/if-it-looks-like-art-chances-are-it-s-somebody-else-s-art/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [Paintings can make you cry and it's just \*\*colored dirt\*\*.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/paintings-can-make-you-cry-and-it-s-just-colored-dirt/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

> [You don't have to reinvent the wheel every day. Today you will do what you did yesterday, and tomorrow you will do what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-close/you-don-t-have-to-reinvent-the-wheel-every-day-today-you-will-do-what/)

[Chuck Close](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-close/)

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