In the West, people tend to look at life as spectators, but in the East, people are the thing. Duane Michals eastlifepeople Change image and share on social
To photograph reality is to photograph nothing. Duane Michals photographreality Change image and share on social
I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography; it's pretty much trivialized. Duane Michals angerphotographerphotography Change image and share on social
I'm a terrible punster. And I love to rhyme. I just can't help myself. Duane Michals lovepunsterrhyme Change image and share on social
Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature of reality - it simply reproduces reality. And what good is that when the things of real value in life are invisible? Duane Michals artdealgood share on social
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 appearancedescriptionpeople Change image and share on social
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 of photography. But I've done absolutely everything. Duane Michals absolutelycareercommercial share on social
Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be. Duane Michals appearappearancedeal Change image and share on social
I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see. Duane Michals imaginationimportantinfinitely Change image and share on social
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 buychicagoearly share on social
