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I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  Think , America , How , Problem


I think I was driven to paint portraits to commit images of friends and family to memory. I have face blindness, and once a face is flattened out, I can remember it better.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  Friends , Family , Memory , Face


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.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  Me , Work , Place , Learning


I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  People , Think , Artist , Some People


I discovered about 150 dots is the minimum number of dots to make a specific recognizable person. You can make something that looks like a head, with fewer dots, but you won't be able to give much information about who it is.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  You , Person , Looks , Information


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.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  Some , Color , Colors , Oil


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.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  Work , Looking , Art , Joy


You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  You , History , Art , Painting


It's always a pleasure to talk about someone else's work.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  Always , Work , Someone , Talk


I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.

Author: Chuck Close - American Artist
  Me , Doing , Think , I Think


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