1,962 Quotes About Photography


  • Author Chuck Close
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    I never said the camera was truth. It is, however, a more accurate and more objective way of seeing.

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    I think the problem with the arts in America is how unimportant it seems to be in our educational system.

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    I'm not by nature a terribly intuitive person; I need to build a situation in which I will behave more intuitively, and that has really changed the life of my work - I found a way to trick myself into being intuitive.

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    See, I think our whole society is much too problem-solving oriented. It is far more interesting to participate in 'problem creation'... You know, ask yourself an interesting enough question and your attempt to find a tailor-made solution to that question will push you to a place where, pretty soon, you'll find yourself all by your lonesome - which I think is a more interesting place to be.

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  • Author Chuck Close
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    I am going for a level of perfection that is only mine... Most of the pleasure is in getting the last little piece perfect.

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  • Author Chuck Close
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    The reason I don't like realist, photorealist, neorealist, or whatever, is that I am as interested in the artificial as I am in the real.

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  • Author Chuck Close
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    Like any corporation, I have the benefit of the brainpower of everyone who is working for me. It all ends up being my work, the corporate me, but everyone extends ideas and comes up with suggestions.

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