"To photograph reality is to photograph nothing." — Duane Michals

"To photograph reality is to photograph nothing."

— Duane Michals

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36 Quotes by Duane Michals

Duane Michals has 36 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.
How foolish of me to believe that it would be that easy. I had confused the appearance of trees and…
If I indulge myself and surrender to memory, I can still feel the knot of excitement that gripped me as…
Art has to address eternal issues.
Flowers construct the most charming geometries: circles like the sun, ovals, cones, curlicues and a variety of triangular eccentricities, which…
Taking the photograph is the easiest part for me
Art is really whispering, not shouting.
Art is not fashionable. That's why fashion and art are two different things. Fashion can never be art because fashion…
If I was concerned about being accepted, I would have been doing Ansel Adams lookalikes, because that was easily accepted.…
I got a lot of flak originally for writing with photographs, because the great cliche in photography is that one…
I write in order to express what the photo itself cannot say. A photograph of my father doesn't tell me…
Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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