"I think I was driven to paint portraits to commit images of friends and family to memory. I have face blindness, and once a face is flattened out, I can remember it better."

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Chuck Close

#Photography Quotes #Memories Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Kill one and you might as well kill 21.”

Source : "Jailed for ever". www.mirror.co.uk. February 25, 2006.
“Late in his life, that's another matter, [Adolf Hitler] was not the same man in 1944 and he was, say, in 1934.”
“As a bassist he could never really be a sideman. He was always the anchor. He drove the beat. even if it was behind Miles Davis'a horn.”
“A poet, qua poet, has only one political duty, namely, in his own writing to set an example of the correct use of his mother tongue, which is always being corrupted. When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.”
“I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write, but those characters are characters.”
“White boys do eat ***** better than everyone else, though, I will say that. Maybe it's those thin white-boy lips!”
“The Patriot wears that mask EVERYWHERE! Even in the shower!”
“There was a proposal in California that would keep out Wal-Mart but allow Costco. You opposed it. Are you nuts? That's true: I always oppose these kinds of things. Competition makes us better. Some of our best stores have a Sam's Club next door.”

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