Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.Inside the Painter's Studio, Joe Fig, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009
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Chuck Close was an American painter and photographer known for his photorealist portraits. He created large-scale paintings that emphasized every detail of the human face, using a unique grid technique for his work. Close's art has had a significant impact on the contemporary art world.
1940–2021·lived 81 years
Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.Inside the Painter's Studio, Joe Fig, Princeton Architectural Press, 2009
Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience.Life, Art, and the Creative Process, p. 45, 2012
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