157 Quotes by Chuck Close

After a few days in hospital, I was thinking, Oh, gee - I raised in a church, Protestant upbringing which I'd rejected as an adult - I'm lying in bed thinking, Hmmm, maybe I ought to pray. They always say there are no atheists in a foxhole... and I thought, Here I am in a pretty good-sized foxhole... and I thought Naahhh. I wouldn't respect any God who would listen to me after I'd rejected him so vociferously.

Paintings can make you cry and it's just **colored dirt**.

You can give the same recipe to ten cooks, and some make it come alive, and some make a flat souffle. A system doesn't guarantee anything.

I always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.

There are things about signing on to a process over the long term that protect you from the buffeting winds of change.

Having a routine, knowing what to do, gives me a sense of freedom and keeps me from going crazy. It's calming.

I love making art... It's largely how I see myself. I'm an artist; therefore I have to make art.

Inspiration is for amateurs. professionals work everyday. Personally the best inspiration is a deadline.

Painting is a lie. It's the most magic of all media, the most transcendent. It makes space where there is no space.