Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important. Chuck Close More Quotes by Chuck Close More Quotes From Chuck Close Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Chuck Close inspirationworkideas Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don’t apply to you. Chuck Close definingphotographyuse A face is a road map of someone's life. Without any need to amplify that or draw attention to it, there's a great deal that's communicated about who this person is and what their life experiences have been. Chuck Close photographyattentionneeds Never let anyone define what you are capable of by using parameters that don't apply to you. Inspiration is for amateurs, the rest of us just show up and get to work. Every great idea I've ever had grew out of work itself. Sign onto a process and see where it takes you. You don't have to invent the wheel everyday. Today you will do what you did yesterday, tomorrow you will do what you did today. Eventually, you will get somewhere. Chuck Close inspirationyesterdayideas 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 hardestvisionphotography If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces. Chuck Close overwhelmedsizepieces The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work. Chuck Close artistinspirationgiving Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming. Chuck Close crazyknowinggiving Inspiration is for amateurs - the rest of us just show up and get to work. And the belief that things will grow out of the activity itself and that you will - through work - bump into other possibilities and kick open other doors that you would never have dreamt of if you were just sitting around looking for a great "art idea." Chuck Close inspirationdoorsart All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you.If you're sitting around trying to dream up a great idea, you can sit there a long time before anything happens.But if you just get to work, something will occur to you and something else will occur to you and something else that you reject will push you in another direction. Chuck Close dreamlongideas Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble. Chuck Close photographyartistenemy Art saved my life in two ways. It made me feel special, because I could do things my friends couldn't, but it also gave me a way to demonstrate to my teacher that, despite the fact that I couldn't write a paper or do math, I was paying attention. Chuck Close writingteacherart Get yourself in trouble. If you get yourself in trouble, you don't have the answers. And if you don't have the answers, your solution will more likely be personal because no one else's solutions will seem appropriate. You'll have to come up with your own. Chuck Close photographyphotographeranswers Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline. Chuck Close deadlineeverydayinspiration The thing that interests me about photography, and why it's different from all other media, is that it's the only medium in which there is even the possibility of an accidental masterpiece. Chuck Close mediadifferentphotography In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests. Chuck Close perceptionphotographyart 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. Chuck Close likesphotographylooks Neurologically, I'm a quadriplegic, so virtually everything about my work has been driven by my learning disabilities, which are quite severe, and my lack of facial recognition, which I'm sure is what drove me to paint portraits in the first place. Chuck Close portraitsrecognitionfirsts I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. Chuck Close photographyphotographerinspiration Inspiration is for amateurs. Chuck Close inspirationwriting
