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Chuck Close

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Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.


— Chuck Close


#inspiration #inspirational

I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant.


— Chuck Close


#i #indecision #life #my life #order

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.


— Chuck Close


#art #artists #certainly #does #find

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 very narrow.


— Chuck Close


#focused #good #many #mean #more

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 look.


— Chuck Close


#does #front #life #look #looking

All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.


— Chuck Close


#grid #paintings #without

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 shared experience of having pushed paint around.


— Chuck Close


#around #especially #experience #having #her

I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.


— Chuck Close


#drove #i #i think #me #think

It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.


— Chuck Close


#always #else #pleasure #someone #talk

Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work.


— Chuck Close


#artist #decision-making #decision-making process #embedded #getting






About Chuck Close

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Did you know about Chuck Close?

Early life and education
Close was born in Monroe Washington. If you impose a limit to not do something you've done before it will push you to where you've never gone before. See also
List of Chuck Close subjects
The Portrait Now.

Charles Thomas "Chuck" Close (born July 5 1940) is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed he has continued to paint and produce work that remains sought after by museums and collectors. Close currently lives and works in New York's West Village and in Bridgehampton New York.

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