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Famous Chuck Close Quotes
“Amateurs look for inspiration; the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
“I only use three primaries, so the nice thing is I can't have favorite colors.”
“I love making art... It's largely how I see myself. I'm an artist; therefore I have to make art.”
“From my point of view, photography never got any better than it was in 1840.”
“I build a painting by putting little marks together-some look like hot dogs, some like doughnuts.”
“I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant.”
“Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.”
“I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.”
“I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work.”
“I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me.”
“I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.”
“Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.”
“Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.”