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Duane Michals Quotes

Art is really whispering, not shouting Picture Quote #1

I never went to a photography school, which was my saving grace Picture Quote #1

The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don’t trust my eyes. I consider myself to be a short-story writer Picture Quote #1

All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way Picture Quote #1

Trust that little voice in your head that says ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if... ‘ And then do it Picture Quote #1

Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people’s lives - something they know nothing about - and drawing great inferences into it Picture Quote #1

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Photography does deal with ‘truth’ or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature of reality - it simply reproduces reality. And what good is that when the things of real value in life are invisible? Picture Quote #1

All good children’s books, I think, address metaphysical issues in some kind of way Picture Quote #1

Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say ‘I love you’ to each other - we don’t really know what we’re saying, because language isn’t equal to the complexity of human emotions Picture Quote #1

I am interested in the nature of things. The nature of something is quite different from the way it looks Picture Quote #1

Photographers usually want to photograph facts and things. But I’m interested in the nature of the thing itself. A photograph of someone sleeping tells me nothing about their dream state; a photograph of a corpse tells me nothing about the nature of death. My work is about my life as an event, and I find myself to be very temporal, transient Picture Quote #1

Taking the photograph is the easiest part for me Picture Quote #1

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To photograph reality is to photograph nothing Picture Quote #1

Art has to address eternal issues Picture Quote #1

I’m very hard on the art world just being a big business Picture Quote #1

To fulfil a fantasy is the quickest way to destroy it Picture Quote #1

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be Picture Quote #1

Most photographs, to me, are description, but they lack insight Picture Quote #1

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And in not learning the rules, I was free. I always say, you’re either defined by the medium or you redefine the medium in terms of your needs Picture Quote #1

I’m a terrible punster. And I love to rhyme. I just can’t help myself Picture Quote #1

Don’t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art Picture Quote #1

Usually when painters use photographs, they enlarge and copy them and simply make a large, boring painting of a large, boring photograph Picture Quote #1

The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in art Picture Quote #1

The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing Picture Quote #1

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I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see Picture Quote #1

I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it’s pretty much trivialized Picture Quote #1

I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I’ve done hundreds of them, I’ve never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I’ve never believed people are what they look like and think it’s impossible to really know what people are Picture Quote #1

Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard this Picture Quote #1

I write in order to express what the photo itself cannot say. A photograph of my father doesn’t tell me what I thought of him, which for me is much more important than what the man looked like Picture Quote #1

I got a lot of flak originally for writing with photographs, because the great cliche in photography is that one photograph is worth a thousand words, and photographers are usually dodo birds anyway Picture Quote #1

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Art is really whispering, not shouting (Duane Michals Quotes) I never went to a photography school, which was my saving grace (Duane Michals Quotes) The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don’t trust my eyes. I consider myself to be a short-story writer. (Duane Michals Quotes) All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way (Duane Michals Quotes) Trust that little voice in your head that says ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if... ‘ And then do it (Duane Michals Quotes) Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people’s lives - something they know nothing about - and drawing great inferences into it (Duane Michals Quotes) Photography does deal with ‘truth’ or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature of reality - it simply reproduces reality. And what good is that when the things of real value in life are invisible? (Duane Michals Quotes) All good children’s books, I think, address metaphysical issues in some kind of way (Duane Michals Quotes) Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say ‘I love you’ to each other - we don’t really know what we’re saying, because language isn’t equal to the complexity of human emotions. (Duane Michals Quotes) I am interested in the nature of things. The nature of something is quite different from the way it looks. (Duane Michals Quotes) Photographers usually want to photograph facts and things. But I’m interested in the nature of the thing itself. A photograph of someone sleeping tells me nothing about their dream state; a photograph of a corpse tells me nothing about the nature of death. My work is about my life as an event, and I find myself to be very temporal, transient. (Duane Michals Quotes) Taking the photograph is the easiest part for me (Duane Michals Quotes) To photograph reality is to photograph nothing (Duane Michals Quotes) Art has to address eternal issues (Duane Michals Quotes) I’m very hard on the art world just being a big business (Duane Michals Quotes) To fulfil a fantasy is the quickest way to destroy it (Duane Michals Quotes) Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be (Duane Michals Quotes) Most photographs, to me, are description, but they lack insight (Duane Michals Quotes) And in not learning the rules, I was free. I always say, you’re either defined by the medium or you redefine the medium in terms of your needs (Duane Michals Quotes) I’m a terrible punster. And I love to rhyme. I just can’t help myself (Duane Michals Quotes) Don’t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art (Duane Michals Quotes) Usually when painters use photographs, they enlarge and copy them and simply make a large, boring painting of a large, boring photograph (Duane Michals Quotes) The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in art (Duane Michals Quotes) The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing (Duane Michals Quotes) I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see (Duane Michals Quotes) I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it’s pretty much trivialized (Duane Michals Quotes) I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I’ve done hundreds of them, I’ve never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I’ve never believed people are what they look like and think it’s impossible to really know what people are (Duane Michals Quotes) Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard this (Duane Michals Quotes) I write in order to express what the photo itself cannot say. A photograph of my father doesn’t tell me what I thought of him, which for me is much more important than what the man looked like (Duane Michals Quotes) I got a lot of flak originally for writing with photographs, because the great cliche in photography is that one photograph is worth a thousand words, and photographers are usually dodo birds anyway (Duane Michals Quotes)

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