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Than Quotes by Chuck Close
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 not,…
- I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much…
- No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.
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