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 7thbackclark share on social
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. Chuck Close basicallybigcolor share on social
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 experiencelikepaint Change image and share on social
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 armanicareguggenheim Change image and share on social
You don't have to have a great art idea - just get to work and something will happen. So that's pretty much my modus operandi and pretty much my principal position, such as it is. Chuck Close artgreathappen Change image and share on social
I only have so much time and energy and money, and I'm going to put it into my work. Chuck Close energymoneyput Change image and share on social
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 disabilitydrivefacial share on social
There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden. Chuck Close buddhistgardengravel Change image and share on social
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 artartistdecision Change image and share on social
If the bottom dropped out of the market and the artist was not going to sell anything, he or she will keep working, and the dealer will keep trying to find some way to convince somebody to buy this stuff. Chuck Close artistbottombuy share on social
