Chuck Close Quotes on pain

You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same... view

By: Chuck Close

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

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Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience... view

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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... view

By: Chuck Close

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I did some pastels and I did other pieces in which there was just basically one color per square, and then they would get bigger and I could get 2 or 3 colors into the square, and ultimately I just started making oil paintings... view

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I always thought that one of the reasons why a painter likes especially to have other painters look at his or her work is the shared experience of having pushed paint around... view

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All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid... view

By: Chuck Close

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