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> [I think that's the nature of representation. No matter what it will disappoint, it will fail in some way.But that's also part of the magic of art. If every picture met my expectation in exactly the right way, there'd be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/i-think-that-s-the-nature-of-representation-no-matter-what-it-will/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

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## Other authors on Magic Art

## More by Gregory Crewdson

> [Originally, one of the reasons I was drawn to photography, as opposed to painting or sculpture or installation, is that of all the arts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/originally-one-of-the-reasons-i-was-drawn-to-photography-as-opposed/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [The suburban landscape is alien and strange and exotic. I photograph it out of longing and desire. My photographs are also about repression and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/the-suburban-landscape-is-alien-and-strange-and-exotic-i-photograph/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [I was really fixated when I was a child. Again my mother was just talking to me about this, about how I would how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/i-was-really-fixated-when-i-was-a-child-again-my-mother-was-just/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [All my pictures are very voyeuristic, but ultimately I'm looking at what lurks in my own interior. I make photographs because I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/all-my-pictures-are-very-voyeuristic-but-ultimately-i-m-looking-at/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [I never know what to call the subjects in my pictures because I'm uncomfortable with the word actor. I think maybe subjects might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/i-never-know-what-to-call-the-subjects-in-my-pictures-because-i-m/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [It is really important to have an obsessive need to construct something, to understand something from your own experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/it-is-really-important-to-have-an-obsessive-need-to-construct/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [There's a parallel between me going through these enormous efforts to try to make a moment that means something - and in a way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/there-s-a-parallel-between-me-going-through-these-enormous-efforts-to/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [What the artist attempts to do is to try and tell a story. Attempting to give physical expression to a story that's internal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/what-the-artist-attempts-to-do-is-to-try-and-tell-a-story-attempting/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [I have always been fascinated by the poetic condition of twilight. By its transformative quality. Its power of turning the ordinary into something magical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/i-have-always-been-fascinated-by-the-poetic-condition-of-twilight-by/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [My pictures are about everyday life combined with theatrical effect. I want them to feel outside of time, to take something routine and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/my-pictures-are-about-everyday-life-combined-with-theatrical-effect-i/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [I think my pictures are really about a kind of tension between my need to make a perfect picture and the impossibility of doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/i-think-my-pictures-are-really-about-a-kind-of-tension-between-my/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [I want to privilege the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/i-want-to-privilege-the-moment/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [I'm very moved by the fact that people are drawn into the pictures and that they do bring their own history and their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/i-m-very-moved-by-the-fact-that-people-are-drawn-into-the-pictures/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [I was never conscious of filming except for when I was location scouting. In a way, that is the most important part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/i-was-never-conscious-of-filming-except-for-when-i-was-location/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

> [My mom just recently reminded me that I used to build these little miniature worlds outside at our country house and populate it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-crewdson/my-mom-just-recently-reminded-me-that-i-used-to-build-these-little/)

[Gregory Crewdson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-crewdson/)

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