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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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Chuck Close
Age: 81 †
Born: 1940
Born: July 5
Died: 2021
Died: August 19
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Painter
Photographer
Monroe
Washington
Charles Thomas Close
Charles Close
Chuck Close (1940-2021)
Charles Close (1940-2021)
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Magic
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Media
Space
Lying
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I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.
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I've always thought that problem-solving is highly overrated and that problem creation is far more interesting.
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There are things about signing on to a process over the long term that protect you from the buffeting winds of change.
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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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Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.
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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.
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A face is a road map of someone's life. Without any need to amplify that or draw attention to it, there's a great deal that's communicated about who this person is and what their life experiences have been.
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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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