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Me Quotes by Chuck Close
- I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.
- I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.
- Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.
- Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of…
- Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how…
- I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another.In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm…
- Like any corporation, I have the benefit of the brainpower of everyone who is working for me. It all ends up being my work, the…
- Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.
- 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…
- No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.
- Women in general interest me. I like how women are more liable to talk about real things, personal things.
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto