Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.
Chuck CloseInspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself.
Chuck CloseI always thought problem solving was greatly overrated - and that the most important thing was problem creation.
Chuck Close