Author: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.

Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than not, work is salvation.

- Chuck Close

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