Chuck Close Quotes

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• I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the…
• I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant.
• It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians.
• Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're…
• What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to…
• There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed,…
• A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.
• All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.
• Any artist who goes to Las Vegas is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Whoever goes to Las Vegas can stay in Las…
• Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.
• Every child should have a chance to feel special.
• I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.
• I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.
• I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.
• I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people…
• I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.
• I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.
• I'm poor white trash from the state of Washington.
• I'm very interested in how we read things, especially the link between seeing two-dimensional and three-dimensional images, because of how I read.
• I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.

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