I've done a lot of commercial work. I'm the complete photographer. Duane Michals commercialcompletehave Change image and share on social
Usually when painters use photographs, they enlarge and copy them and simply make a large, boring painting of a large, boring photograph. Duane Michals borecopyenlarge 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
I got a lot of flak originally for writing with photographs, because the great cliche in photography is that one photograph is worth a thousand words, and photographers are usually dodo birds anyway. Duane Michals birdclichedodo 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
The only thing I know anything about are my own fantasies and anxieties. I don't trust my eyes. I consider myself to be a short-story writer. Duane Michals anxietyeyefantasy Change image and 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
Most photographs, to me, are description, but they lack insight. Duane Michals descriptioninsightlack Change image and share on social
Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people's lives - something they know nothing about - and drawing great inferences into it. Duane Michals drawgreatinference Change image and share on social
The question of truth is forever in the air, and people look for it with particular fervor in art. Duane Michals airartfervor Change image and share on social