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

~Chuck Close

Topics: About Buddhist Garden Gravel Like Something Way Work Zen

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

~Chuck Close

Topics: Art Interests Perception Primary Reconstruct Then Visual

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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

Topics: Because Between How Images Interested Link Read Seeing Things Three-Dimensional Very

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I'm not by nature a terribly intuitive person; I need to build a situation in which I will behave more intuitively, and that has really changed the life of my work - I found a way to trick myself into being intuitive.

~Chuck Close

Topics: Behave Being Build Changed Found Intuitive Intuitively Life More Myself Nature Need Person Really Situation Terribly Trick Way Which Will Work

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

~Chuck Close

Topics: Artist Ease Easy Enemy Get Things Too Trouble You

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In the 7th grade, I made a 20-foot long mural of the Lewis and Clark Trail while we were studying that in history because I knew I wasn't going to be able to spit back the names and the dates and all that stuff on a test.

~Chuck Close

Topics: Able Back Because Clark Dates Going Grade History Knew Lewis Lewis And Clark Long Made Mural Names Spit Studying Stuff Test Trail Were While

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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

Topics: About Am Anything Care Interested Involved Motorcycles Suits I Am

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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

Topics: Am Any Artist As Far As Concerned Far Goes Idiot Las Vegas Stay Vegas Who Whoever I Am

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

~Chuck Close

Topics: Poor State Trash Washington White

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

~Chuck Close

Topics: Artists Cindy Emerged Important Most Perhaps The Most Important Think Who I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: July 5th, 1940

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