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title: "1 Before death Quotes By Joel-Peter Witkin"
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> [I wanted my photographs to be as powerful as the last thing a person sees or remembers before death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/i-wanted-my-photographs-to-be-as-powerful-as-the-last-thing-a-person/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/joel-peter-witkin-34775_before-death_i-wanted-my-photographs-to-be-as-powerfu_2472224.jpg)

## More by Joel-Peter Witkin

> [If there is pain in my photographs, it relates to the pain in my own existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/if-there-is-pain-in-my-photographs-it-relates-to-the-pain-in-my-own/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [Artists are the people among us who realize creation didn't stop on the sixth day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/artists-are-the-people-among-us-who-realize-creation-didn-t-stop-on/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [Extreme things are like miracles. Nothing is as boring as a person who is just okay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/extreme-things-are-like-miracles-nothing-is-as-boring-as-a-person-who/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [My work would have the impact of my unreality - my doubts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/my-work-would-have-the-impact-of-my-unreality-my-doubts/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [People who hate what I make hate me, too. They must think I am a demon or some kind of evil sorcerer. Those who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/people-who-hate-what-i-make-hate-me-too-they-must-think-i-am-a-demon/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [I operate out of confusion, towards clarity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/i-operate-out-of-confusion-towards-clarity/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [I never photograph anything I don't believe in. If I love working with death, it's because even in death I find this power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/i-never-photograph-anything-i-don-t-believe-in-if-i-love-working-with/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [I could easily live in a world populated with disjunctive, bizarre things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/i-could-easily-live-in-a-world-populated-with-disjunctive-bizarre/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [To me extreme things are like miracles. There is nothing as boring as a person who is just okay. But I could easily live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/to-me-extreme-things-are-like-miracles-there-is-nothing-as-boring-as/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [I've come to realize that the mark is the primal gesture, the internal connection of the caveman to the cosmos; an impossibility similar to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/i-ve-come-to-realize-that-the-mark-is-the-primal-gesture-the-internal/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [I have consecrated my life to changing matter into spirit with the hope of someday seeing it all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/i-have-consecrated-my-life-to-changing-matter-into-spirit-with-the/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [I wanted my photographs to be as powerful as the last thing a person sees or remembers before death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/i-wanted-my-photographs-to-be-as-powerful-as-the-last-thing-a-person/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [I have consecrated my life to changing matter into spirit with the hope of one day seeing it all. Seeing in its total form,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/i-have-consecrated-my-life-to-changing-matter-into-spirit-with-the-2/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

> [My purpose is to acknowledge the wonder of being part of Creation. Though I myself don't create anything, I make from what has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-peter-witkin/my-purpose-is-to-acknowledge-the-wonder-of-being-part-of-creation/)

[Joel-Peter Witkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-peter-witkin/)

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