All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.
“All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.”
— Chuck Close · Grid
The World Motivation
All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.
“All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.”
— Chuck Close · Grid
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“All the fingerprint paintings are done without a grid.”
“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.”
“There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.”
“Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.”
“I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant.”
“I'm very learning-disabled, and I think it drove me to what I'm doing.”
“I'm very confident about being on the grid in Australia in 2003.”
“The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.”
“I'm the most ripped guy on the grid, let's just say that.”
“But now I feel off the grid. I feel that I am not part of the culture. And because I don't have a car I don't really go anywhere to buy things. In fact, I have been in a slow process of selling and giving away everything I own.”
“What we need to make sure we do as a team is build the quickest car on the grid - if we have the quickest car, we can do it!”
“The problem with celebrity hot guys is they either get old or go off the grid. That's why a book is so much better... a hot guy can live in your imagination and stay hot forever!”