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> [What does art mean to me? I never really think about the 'meaning' of art. Yet, obviously, that's what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/what-does-art-mean-to-me-i-never-really-think-about-the-meaning-of/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

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## More by Gerard Malanga

> [The nature of photography has always resisted that temptation of interpretation. I look, and what I see looks back at me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/the-nature-of-photography-has-always-resisted-that-temptation-of/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [All that I've done in my life thus far, all the poems and all the pictures, are not so much an intermingling of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/all-that-i-ve-done-in-my-life-thus-far-all-the-poems-and-all-the/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [New York City has changed enormously. My gut impression of it now is that it's like being in a sci-fi novel: 'Blade Runner' syndrome.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/new-york-city-has-changed-enormously-my-gut-impression-of-it-now-is/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [Whenever I do someone's portrait, I'm trying to locate the photo in the lens while reaching into that person psychologically. There's the magic! I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/whenever-i-do-someone-s-portrait-i-m-trying-to-locate-the-photo-in/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [As a photographer, I don't really have a view of the world in general. Someone taking pictures for 'National Geographic' might. Each of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/as-a-photographer-i-don-t-really-have-a-view-of-the-world-in-general/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [I seem to be always returning to photography in my poetry. I guess you could say that I'm documenting the personal history and relationship…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/i-seem-to-be-always-returning-to-photography-in-my-poetry-i-guess-you/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [What does art mean to me? I never really think about the 'meaning' of art. Yet, obviously, that's what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/what-does-art-mean-to-me-i-never-really-think-about-the-meaning-of/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [When I started writing poetry in my senior term of high school - I was sixteen - I felt in touch with a secret…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/when-i-started-writing-poetry-in-my-senior-term-of-high-school-i-was/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [Be happy in what you do. Be respectful of yourself. Do good works for others, and the goodness will come back to you and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/be-happy-in-what-you-do-be-respectful-of-yourself-do-good-works-for/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [I've always considered myself a poet in everything that I do, whether it's photography or movie-making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/i-ve-always-considered-myself-a-poet-in-everything-that-i-do-whether/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [I always had the feeling, even when I started, that my photography was meant to be archival in nature. Sort of like wine, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/i-always-had-the-feeling-even-when-i-started-that-my-photography-was/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [Whether it's a poem I'm working on or a picture I've snapped, it all has to do with the curiosity I feel without thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/whether-it-s-a-poem-i-m-working-on-or-a-picture-i-ve-snapped-it-all/)

[Gerard Malanga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerard-malanga/)

> [If I'm astonished by what I've done, then I know I've been somewhere in the making of it but not during the making of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerard-malanga/if-i-m-astonished-by-what-i-ve-done-then-i-know-i-ve-been-somewhere/)

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