“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.” PeopleKnowsWantBelieveLooksDon't BelieveAppearanceDescription Author:Duane Michals
“Most portraits are lies. People are rarely what they appear to be, especially in front of a camera. You might know me your entire lifetime and never reveal yourself to me. To interpret wrinkles as character is insult not insight.” PeopleKnowsCharacterMightLyingFrontsCamerasLifetimeInsightInsultKnow MePortraitsWrinkles Author:Duane Michals
“I think photographs should be provocative and not tell you what you already know. It takes no great powers or magic to reproduce somebody's face in a photograph. The magic is in seeing people in new ways.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayShouldFacesSeeingMagicPhotographNew WaysGreat PowerProvocative Author:Duane Michals
“It is no accident that you are reading this. I am making black marks on white paper. These marks are my thoughts, and although I do not know who you are reading this...the lines of our lives have intersected. For the length of these few sentences, we meet here. It is no accident that you are reading this. This moment has been waiting for you, I have been waiting for you. Remember me.” KnowsHas BeensMomentsRememberReadingWaitingBlackLinesWhiteOur LivesPaperMarkWho You AreSentencesAccidentsLengthMy ThoughtsRemember MeWaiting For YouWhite Paper Author:Duane Michals
“Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people's lives - something they know nothing about - and drawing great inferences into it.” PeopleKnowsPhotographyPhotographerDrawingInferencePresumptuous Author:Duane Michals
“Even in the deepest love relationship - when lovers say 'I love you' to each other - we don't really know what we're saying, because language isn't equal to the complexity of human emotions.” KnowsHumansLanguageEmotionLove YouLoversEqualComplexityLove RelationshipSay I Love YouHuman EmotionsDeepest LoveComplexity Of Human Author:Duane Michals
“I still find doing portraits a terrific challenge, but even though I've done hundreds of them, I've never stopped questioning the very nature of portraiture because it deals exclusively with appearances. I've never believed people are what they look like and think it's impossible to really know what people are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsLooksStillsDoneChallengesDealsImpossibleAppearanceQuestioningPortraitsTerrificPortraiture Author:Duane Michals
“The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing.” KnowsBelieveEyeAcceptingFocusMajorityPhotographerObvious Author:Duane Michals
