What did Chuck Close mean by: Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you’re in trouble. - Chuck Close Photographer · USA Copy
+ I love making art… It’s largely how I see myself. I’m an artist; therefore I have to make art. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chuck Close, Art, Artist, Love Making, 0 - Chuck Close Photographer · USA
+ I learned you could suffer a terrible tragedy and still be happy again. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chuck Close, Suffering, Terrible, Tragedy, 0 - Chuck Close Photographer · USA
+ Of all the artists who emerged in the ’80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chuck Close, Artist, Important, 0 - Chuck Close Photographer · USA
+ I only use three primaries, so the nice thing is I can’t have favorite colors. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chuck Close, Color, 0 - Chuck Close Photographer · USA
+ There’s something Zen-like about the way I work – it’s like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chuck Close, Buddhist, Garden, Photography, 0 - Chuck Close Photographer · USA
+ I don’t work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chuck Close, Inspiration, Photographer, Photography, 0 - Chuck Close Photographer · USA
+ I never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chuck Close, Cameras, Photography, 0 - Chuck Close Photographer · USA
+ I build a painting by putting little marks together-some look like hot dogs, some like doughnuts. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Chuck Close, Art, Dog, Photography, 0 - Chuck Close Photographer · USA
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I wanted not to make photographs that would be art, but art that would be photography. - Jean-Marc Bustamante
As an artist, I’ve always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists. - Jeff Koons Artist · USA
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
For the mystic what is how. For the craftsman how is what. For the artist what and how are one. - William McElcheran
Art is the splendor of reality before everything has become meaning. - Frederick Sommer Photographer · USA
