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> [Then all at once in late August's heat, tall leafless stalks crowned with iridescent pink and purple blossoms burst from the purgatory in the earth. This arcane act of nature, though perceived by us as ordinary, is a manifestation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/then-all-at-once-in-late-august-s-heat-tall-leafless-stalks-crowned/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

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## More by Duane Michals

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/i-already-know-what-things-look-like-i-don-t-want-description-people/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [All good children's books, I think, address metaphysical issues in some kind of way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/all-good-children-s-books-i-think-address-metaphysical-issues-in-some/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [My work is about my life as an event, and I find myself to be very temporal, transient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/my-work-is-about-my-life-as-an-event-and-i-find-myself-to-be-very/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/and-in-not-learning-the-rules-i-was-free-i-always-say-you-re-either/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/photography-does-deal-with-truth-or-a-kind-of-superficial-reality/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [People of my generation who became photographers in the late fifties, early sixties, there were no rewards in photography. There were no museum shows.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/people-of-my-generation-who-became-photographers-in-the-late-fifties/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/taking-photographs-and-writing-is-my-way-of-saying-i-was-here-i-saw/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/i-write-in-order-to-express-what-the-photo-itself-cannot-say-a/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [If I indulge myself and surrender to memory, I can still feel the knot of excitement that gripped me as I turned the corner…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/if-i-indulge-myself-and-surrender-to-memory-i-can-still-feel-the-knot/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [Art has to address eternal issues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/art-has-to-address-eternal-issues/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [I believe in the invisible. I do not believe in the definitive reality of things around us. For me, reality is the intuition and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/i-believe-in-the-invisible-i-do-not-believe-in-the-definitive-reality/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/all-good-work-has-magic-in-it-and-addresses-the-mind-in-a-subtle-way/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [Art is not fashionable. That's why fashion and art are two different things. Fashion can never be art because fashion deals with whim, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/art-is-not-fashionable-that-s-why-fashion-and-art-are-two-different/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [There are those photographers who have made a whole career doing commercial work but have never had a museum show, and then there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/there-are-those-photographers-who-have-made-a-whole-career-doing/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

> [Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duane-michals/photography-deals-exquisitely-with-appearances-but-nothing-is-what-it/)

[Duane Michals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duane-michals/)

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