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Chuck Close quotes: Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.

Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.

Chuck Close quotes: I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

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

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

Chuck Close quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Women in general interest me. I like how women are more liable to talk about real things, personal things.

Women in general interest me. I like how women are more liable to talk about real things, personal things.

Chuck Close quotes: You can give the same recipe to ten cooks, and some make it come alive, and some make a flat souffle. A system doesn't guarantee anything.

You can give the same recipe to ten cooks, and some make it come alive, and some make a flat souffle. A system doesn't guarantee anything.

Chuck Close quotes: Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

Every idea occurs while you are working. If you are sitting around waiting for inspiration, you could sit there forever.

Chuck Close quotes: Far more interesting than problem solving is problem creation.

Far more interesting than problem solving is problem creation.

Chuck Close quotes: I'm poor white trash from the state of Washington.

I'm poor white trash from the state of Washington.

Chuck Close quotes: If it looks like art, chances are it's somebody else's art.

If it looks like art, chances are it's somebody else's art.

Chuck Close quotes: I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.

I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.

Chuck Close quotes: Any artist who goes to Las Vegas is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Whoever goes to Las Vegas can stay in Las Vegas.

Any artist who goes to Las Vegas is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Whoever goes to Las Vegas can stay in Las Vegas.

Chuck Close quotes: I learned you could suffer a terrible tragedy and still be happy again.

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

Chuck Close quotes: Sculpture occupies real space like we do ... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object.

Sculpture occupies real space like we do ... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object.

Chuck Close quotes: I only use three primaries, so the nice thing is I can't have favorite colors.

I only use three primaries, so the nice thing is I can't have favorite colors.

Chuck Close quotes: While photography is the easiest medium in which to be competent, it is the hardest in which to develop an idiosyncratic personal vision.

While photography is the easiest medium in which to be competent, it is the hardest in which to develop an idiosyncratic personal vision.

Chuck Close quotes: I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.

I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.

Chuck Close quotes: Any innovation that is evident in my paintings is a direct result of something that happened in the course of making a print.

Any innovation that is evident in my paintings is a direct result of something that happened in the course of making a print.

Chuck Close quotes: I'm very interested in how we read things, especially the link between seeing two-dimensional and three-dimensional images, because of how I read.

I'm very interested in how we read things, especially the link between seeing two-dimensional and three-dimensional images, because of how I read.

Chuck Close quotes: Paintings can make you cry and it's just **colored dirt**.

Paintings can make you cry and it's just **colored dirt**.

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

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

Chuck Close quotes: Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.

Chuck Close quotes: From my point of view, photography never got any better than it was in 1840.

From my point of view, photography never got any better than it was in 1840.

Chuck Close quotes: Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.

Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.

Chuck Close quotes: Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.

Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.

Chuck Close quotes: In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests.

In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests.

Chuck Close quotes: Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.

Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.

Chuck Close quotes: It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.

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

Chuck Close quotes: All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.

All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.

Chuck Close quotes: Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.

Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.

Chuck Close quotes: I don't believe in inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. Some of the time you know you're cooking, and the rest of the time, you just do it.

I don't believe in inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. Some of the time you know you're cooking, and the rest of the time, you just do it.

Chuck Close quotes: Painting is the frozen evidence of a performance.

Painting is the frozen evidence of a performance.

Chuck Close quotes: I've always thought that problem-solving is highly overrated and that problem creation is far more interesting.

I've always thought that problem-solving is highly overrated and that problem creation is far more interesting.

Chuck Close quotes: A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.

A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.

Chuck Close quotes: Every child should have a chance to feel special.

Every child should have a chance to feel special.

Chuck Close quotes: If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.

If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.

Chuck Close quotes: There are things about signing on to a process over the long term that protect you from the buffeting winds of change.

There are things about signing on to a process over the long term that protect you from the buffeting winds of change.

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

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

Chuck Close quotes: No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.

Chuck Close quotes: There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.

Chuck Close quotes: I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.

I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless.

Chuck Close quotes: I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.

I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.

Chuck Close quotes: Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good and not so good.

Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good and not so good.

Chuck Close quotes: 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.

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.

Chuck Close quotes: I love sculpture, and minimal sculpture is really my favorite stuff, but I wasn't very good at it, and I don't think in a three-dimensional way.

I love sculpture, and minimal sculpture is really my favorite stuff, but I wasn't very good at it, and I don't think in a three-dimensional way.

Chuck Close quotes: I love making art ... It's largely how I see myself. I'm an artist; therefore I have to make art.

I love making art ... It's largely how I see myself. I'm an artist; therefore I have to make art.

Chuck Close quotes: 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.

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.

Chuck Close quotes: Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you.

Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you.

Chuck Close quotes: I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.

I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.

Chuck Close quotes: I build a painting by putting little marks together-some look like hot dogs, some like doughnuts.

I build a painting by putting little marks together-some look like hot dogs, some like doughnuts.

Chuck Close quotes: I don't care about the Guggenheim. The Guggenheim isn't involved in anything that I am interested in. I don't care about motorcycles and Armani suits.

I don't care about the Guggenheim. The Guggenheim isn't involved in anything that I am interested in. I don't care about motorcycles and Armani suits.

Chuck Close quotes: The first thing I do is take Polaroids of the sitter - 10 or 12 color Polaroids and eight or 10 black-and whites.

The first thing I do is take Polaroids of the sitter - 10 or 12 color Polaroids and eight or 10 black-and whites.

Chuck Close quotes: I am going for a level of perfection that is only mine ... Most of the pleasure is in getting the last little piece perfect.

I am going for a level of perfection that is only mine ... Most of the pleasure is in getting the last little piece perfect.

Chuck Close quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I have always attempted to create images that deliver the maximum amount of information about the subject.

I have always attempted to create images that deliver the maximum amount of information about the subject.

Chuck Close quotes: 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.

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.

Chuck Close quotes: 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.

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.

Chuck Close quotes: I never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing.

I never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing.