157 Quotes by Chuck Close

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.

If you're overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.

While photography is the easiest medium in which to be competent, it is the hardest in which to develop an idiosyncratic personal vision.

Inspiration is for amateurs.

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

Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work.

If you’re overwhelmed by the size of a problem, break it down into smaller pieces.

I only have so much time and energy and money, and I’m going to put it into my work.

You don’t have to reinvent the wheel every day. Today you will do what you did yesterday, and tomorrow you will do what you did today. Eventually you will get somewhere.