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.
Chuck CloseThere's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist garden.
Chuck CloseIf the bottom dropped out of the market and the artist was not going to sell anything, he or she will keep working, and the dealer will keep trying to find some way to convince somebody to buy this stuff.
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 Close