Chuck Close

I have a great deal of difficulty recognizing faces, especially if I haven't - if I've just met somebody, it's hopeless. ”

In my art, I deconstruct and then I reconstruct, so visual perception is one of my primary interests. ”

I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly. ”

A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it. ”

Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic. ”

Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow. ”

I think women realise that I love women, and very often women seem to love me. ”

Painting is the most magical of mediums. The transcendence is truly amazing to me every time I go to a museum and I see how somebody figured another way to rub colored dirt on a flat surface and make space where there is no space or make you think of a life experience. ”

A face is a road map of someone's life. Without any need to amplify that or draw attention to it, there's a great deal that's communicated about who this person is and what their life experiences have been. ”

I'm plagued with indecision in my life. I can't figure out what to order in a restaurant. ”