"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."

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Source : "What I've Learned: Chuck Close" by Andy Ward, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

Chuck Close

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“The hardest thing to remember is that what we each really want is the truth of our lives, good or bad. Not rocking the boat is an illusion that can only be maintained by the unspoken agreement not to feel and in the long run it never really works. Let go of saving the boat and save the passengers instead.”
“Science remains the author of our major problem, in its gift of tremendous power that has been terribly abused; but for the wise use of this power we need more, not less, of the objective dispassionate scientific spirit. For our philosophical purposes we need more of its integrity and its basic humility, its respect at once for the fact and the mystery.”
“No matter how much evidence we uncover about this case or any others involving Mr. Clinton, millions of Americans simply will not care - they will excuse the corruption because they like Bill Clinton.”
“If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.”
“The Pearl Principle - no inner irritation, no pearl.”
“People hand over the power to you withimmense faith. It's your job to ensure tough implementation of laws.”
“So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all the connections and all the structures and all the thoughts that paper could not. Since the computer could hold any structure in any form, this was the way to go.”
“She was thinking what I think she was thinking, wasn't she?”

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