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Artists Quotes by Chuck Close
- 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.
- 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,…
- Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.
- The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for…
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- A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. — Honore de Balzac
- We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it. — John Banville
- The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest… — P T Barnum
- Competitions are for horses, not artists. — Bela Bartok
- Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. — John Berger
- The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end… — Adele