My favorite reviews are all the negative ones; which he wears as a badge of honor. Because, if the work is rigorous enough, difficult enough, severe enough, and tough enough, nobody's going to like his stuff. So, he'd get the bad review, and think, "I must be on the right track, because you see, they don't understand it, and they don't like it." - Chuck Close on longtime friend and composer Philip Glass

Chuck close and his painting of Philip Glass