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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
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Chuck Close
Age: 81 †
Born: 1940
Born: July 5
Died: 2021
Died: August 19
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Chuck Close (1940-2021)
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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 better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.
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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, and a high correlation between left-handedness and learning disabilities.
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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 sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.
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Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.
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I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.
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Sculpture occupies real space like we do... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object.
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I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant.
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Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you.
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Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.
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I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.
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I have always attempted to create images that deliver the maximum amount of information about the subject.
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Art saved my life in two ways. It made me feel special, because I could do things my friends couldn't, but it also gave me a way to demonstrate to my teacher that, despite the fact that I couldn't write a paper or do math, I was paying attention.
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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 have.
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I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.
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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.
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I learned you could suffer a terrible tragedy and still be happy again.
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You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same.
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