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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
All good children's books, I think, address metaphysical issues in some kind of way. — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
My work is about my life as an event, and I find myself to be very temporal, transient. — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
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… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
People of my generation who became photographers in the late fifties, early sixties, there were no rewards in photography. There were no museum shows.… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard this. — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
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… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
If I indulge myself and surrender to memory, I can still feel the knot of excitement that gripped me as I turned the corner… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
I believe in the invisible. I do not believe in the definitive reality of things around us. For me, reality is the intuition and… — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way. — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
