Chuck Close Quotes
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You know, the way art history is taught, often there`s nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same.
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What difference does it make whether you`re looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look.
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Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don`t get a photograph that I want to work from.
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Sculpture occupies real space like we do... you walk around it and relate to it almost as another person or another object.
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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.
| Name | Chuck Close |
