“All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.” WayMindMagicAddressesSubtleGood Work Author:Duane Michals
“I am interested in the nature of things. The nature of something is quite different from the way it looks.” WayLooksDifferent 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
“Photography is essentially an act of recognition by street photographers, not an act of invention. Photographers might respond to an old man’s face, or an Arbus freak, or the way light hits a building—and then they move on. Whereas in all the other art forms, take William Blake, everything that came to that paper never existed before. It’s the idea of alchemy, of making something from nothing.” MenWayArtIdeasLightMightFacesMovingFormStreetsBuildingPaperPhotographyPhotographerInventionRecognitionOld ManFreakAlchemyBlake Author:Duane Michals
“Taking photographs and writing is my way of saying I was here, I saw this, I felt this, I heard this.” WayWritingFeltSawsHeardPhotographMy Way Author:Duane Michals
“Then all at once in late August's heat, tall leafless stalks crowned with iridescent pink and purple blossoms burst from the purgatory in the earth. This arcane act of nature, though perceived by us as ordinary, is a manifestation of Maya's phantom play, the great immensity expressed in every way. My garden is the universe. I am the universe. I am my garden. All things are the same.” WayPlayEarthSpiritReligionSpiritualityUniverseLateOrdinaryGardenAll ThingsManifestationHeatTallGardeningPurpleAugustStalkingPhantomsImmensityPurgatoryArcaneIridescent Author:Duane Michals
