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Duane Michals quotes: To fulfil a fantasy is the quickest way to destroy it.

To fulfil a fantasy is the quickest way to destroy it.

Duane Michals quotes: One of the marvelous things about film is that if you expose it long enough you're going to get a picture.

One of the marvelous things about film is that if you expose it long enough you're going to get a picture.

Duane Michals quotes: A lot of photographers walk around looking for something 'out there,' but I'm very much interested in what's 'in here.'

A lot of photographers walk around looking for something 'out there,' but I'm very much interested in what's 'in here.'

Duane Michals quotes: In the West, people tend to look at life as spectators, but in the East, people are the thing.

In the West, people tend to look at life as spectators, but in the East, people are the thing.

Duane Michals quotes: I'm very hard on the art world just being a big business.

I'm very hard on the art world just being a big business.

Duane Michals quotes: Art has to address eternal issues.

Art has to address eternal issues.

Duane Michals quotes: Most photographs, to me, are description, but they lack insight.

Most photographs, to me, are description, but they lack insight.

Duane Michals quotes: Art is really whispering, not shouting.

Art is really whispering, not shouting.

Duane Michals quotes: All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.

All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.

Duane Michals quotes: I never photograph sunsets and I never photograph moonrises. I'm not interested in what things look like.

I never photograph sunsets and I never photograph moonrises. I'm not interested in what things look like.

Duane Michals quotes: You can't see fear or lust; you can't photograph someone's anxieties, how disappointment feels. Photographs are approximations.

You can't see fear or lust; you can't photograph someone's anxieties, how disappointment feels. Photographs are approximations.

Duane Michals quotes: I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.

I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.

Duane Michals quotes: I believe in invisible; I do not believe in visible.

I believe in invisible; I do not believe in visible.

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.

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: All good children's books, I think, address metaphysical issues in some kind of way.

All good children's books, I think, address metaphysical issues in some kind of way.

Duane Michals quotes: I often try to photograph things about a person that are not visible.

I often try to photograph things about a person that are not visible.

Duane Michals quotes: You can't teach art, so ART SCHOOL is a contradiction in terms.

You can't teach art, so ART SCHOOL is a contradiction in terms.

Duane Michals quotes: Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard this.

Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard this.

Duane Michals quotes: To photograph reality is to photograph nothing.

To photograph reality is to photograph nothing.

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.

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

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: The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in art.

The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in 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.

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: Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.

Duane Michals quotes: I'm a terrible punster. And I love to rhyme. I just can't help myself.

I'm a terrible punster. And I love to rhyme. I just can't help myself.

Duane Michals quotes: I've done a lot of commercial work. I'm the complete photographer.

I've done a lot of commercial work. I'm the complete photographer.

Duane Michals quotes: I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see

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

Duane Michals quotes: We have a way of making the most extraordinary experience ordinary.We actually work at destroying our miracles ...

We have a way of making the most extraordinary experience ordinary.
We actually work at destroying our miracles ...

Duane Michals quotes: I am interested in the nature of things. The nature of something is quite different from the way it looks.

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

Duane Michals quotes: Taking the photograph is the easiest part for me

Taking the photograph is the easiest part for me

Duane Michals quotes: I never went to a photography school, which was my saving grace,

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.

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: Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if ... '; And then do it.

Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if ... '; And then do it.

Duane Michals quotes: I don't get straight people, but I understand what they look like.

I don't get straight people, but I understand what they look like.

Duane Michals quotes: I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it's pretty much trivialized.

I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it's pretty much trivialized.