People of my generation who became photographers in the late fifties, early sixties, there were no rewards in photography. There were no museum shows. Maybe MOMA would show something, or Chicago. There were no galleries. Nobody bought photographs. — Duane Michals Copy Share Image
There are those photographers who have made a whole career doing commercial work but have never had a museum show, and then there are others who've only had museum shows but couldn't survive for five seconds in the real world… — 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
