Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from.
Chuck CloseIt doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians.
Chuck CloseThe thing that interests me about photography, and why it's different from all other media, is that it's the only medium in which there is even the possibility of an accidental masterpiece.
Chuck Close