I never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing.
Chuck CloseRead
I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Chuck Close discusses how his learning disabilities influenced his artistic focus on portraits.
In this quote, Chuck Close reflects on how his learning disabilities, particularly his inability to recognize faces, shaped his artistic journey. He highlights the concept of translating experiences and perceptions, indicating that his struggles led him to find solace and purpose in creating portraits, illustrating how personal challenges can guide one's creative expression and choices.
Themes
Learning DisabilitiesPortraitsArtistic JourneySelf-ExpressionChuck Close
In practice
Example use cases
During a talk about overcoming challenges, this quote can illustrate how personal experiences shape creativity.
More from Chuck Close
All quotes →A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.
Chuck CloseRead
The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up and get to work.
Chuck CloseRead
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.
Chuck CloseRead
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.
Chuck CloseRead
Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic.
Chuck CloseRead
Similar quotes
Poetry operates by hints and dark suggestions. It is full of secrets and hidden formulae, like a witch's brew.
Anthony HechtRead
All fiction comes from a little bit of reality, otherwise it would have no relevance. The fun is in innovation, take something real like this fair, and make it something larger than life.
Garrison KeillorRead
You find that you have to do many things, more than just lift up the camera and shoot, and so you get involved in it in a very physical way. You may find that the picture you want to do can only be made from a certain place, and you're not there, so you have to physically go there. And that participation may spur you on to work harder on the thing, . . . because in the physical change of position you start seeing a whole different relationship.
Jay MaiselRead
Every year, Hollywood is looking for that new, white leading man and new white starlet that audiences fall in love with. But they're not looking for the next Denzel Washington, Will Smith or Sidney Poitier.
Chadwick BosemanRead
Parodies and caricatures are the most penetrating of criticisms.
Aldous HuxleyRead
When I started working on ambient music, my idea was to make music that was more like painting.
Brian EnoRead