Chuck Close Quotes

My life has been such a blur since I was 18, 19 years old. I haven't even had time to contemplate my own life. By forcing yourself to write your life story you learn a great deal about yourself.

The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul.

My early life has given me a great deal to draw on, certainly - but would I have swapped a happy childhood for the writing? Yes.

I've had a very full life, and I've enjoyed it very much. I've learned a great deal and feel indebted to all the people who have worked so hard.

There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.

Everything I have experienced in my life helps form who I am today, and I would not change or forget any of it.

Faces are the ledgers of our experience.

There is something interesting about a face that has lived.

I think life is a big game we play.

I told my whole life story in my book.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

I think my life is a movie and your life reflects your work.

Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.

Disability informs almost every part of my life. It's as important, if not more so, than my gender and sexuality. It's certainly a great deal more important to me than my religion or whether or not I caught a tram, ferry or bus to work.

You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult.

My life. The life I'm living that's where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experiences.

I have never been able, really, to figure out where my life begins and where it ends. I have never, never been able to figure it all out, what it's all about, what it all means.

My life is mine to remember.

I've had a great life. It was exciting. I worked with the most interesting people, and I traveled all over the country.

I can't imagine my life any other way than it's been.

I think the reason why a lot of young people are such screw ups... is oftentimes they didn't have the luxury I had of forming important relationships and opinions and life experiences before having success.

You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.

I have learned a great deal in my life, and DeMolay helped me to learn that character and integrity should be cornerstones in your life. As a Senior DeMolay, as a father, the best advice I could ever give would be to take the high road in life, and you will be able to build trusting relationships.

I've gotten to travel all over the world and meet all kinds of people and do all kinds of great things, so it's, like, surreal. It just lets you know how time flies, especially when you're having fun. It seems like time keeps going by faster as I get older.

The words come from here. From memories, from dreams, from people I've known. I'm always writing and reflecting on life. I want to suck it all in.