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I learned you could suffer a terrible tragedy and still be happy again.

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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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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.
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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 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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Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just show up and get to work. And the belief that things will grow out of the activity itself and that you will - through work - bump into other possibilities and kick open other doors that you would never have dreamt of if you were just sitting around looking for a great art idea.
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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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At the same time that I'm finding the color world I want, I'm also trying to make the imagery, you know, by the nature of the strokes themselves.
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The reason I don't like realist, photorealist, neorealist, or whatever, is that I am as interested in the artificial as I am in the real.
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I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.
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It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.
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I never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing.
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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 corporate me, but everyone extends ideas and comes up with suggestions.
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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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I can't always reach the image in my mind... almost never, in fact... so that the abstract image I create is not quite there, but it gets to the point where I can leave it.
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I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.
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All the best ideas come out of the process they come out of the work itself.
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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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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.
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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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I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.
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