“What is the art experience about? Really, I'm not interested in making Art at all. I never, ever, think about it. To say the word Art, it's almost like a curse on art. I do know that I want to try to get closer to myself. The older I get, the more indications I have about what it is to get closer to yourself. You try less hard. I just want to be.” ThinkingKnowsWantTryingArtHardPhotographerCurseNot InterestedIndication Author:Joel Meyerowitz
“We think of photography as pictures. And it is. But I think of photography as ideas. And do the pictures sustain your ideas or are they just good pictures? I want to have an experience in the world that is a deepening experience, that makes me feel alive and awake and conscious.” ThinkingWorldWantFeelsArtIdeasConsciousnessAlivePhotographyConsciousExperiencePhotographerAwakeDeep ThoughtSustaining Author:Joel Meyerowitz
“I think about photographs as being full, or empty. You picture something in a frame and it's got lots of accounting going on in it-stones and buildings and trees and air - but that's not what fills up a frame. You fill up the frame with feelings, energy, discovery, and risk, and leave room enough for someone else to get in there.” ThinkingEnoughFeelingsEnergyRoomsRiskAirTreeBuildingDiscoveryStonesEmptyPhotographerPhotographAccounting Book:Creating a sense of place Source: Creating a sense of place
“I want to enjoy the languor of just living, recognizing, acknowledging, taking it in, sort of amplifying it in some way. [Photography] is a great medium for that. It happens in an instant, but it gives you hours or days of time to reflect on things. It’s a beautiful system, this game of photography, to see in an instant and go back and think about later on. It’s pure philosophy. And poetry.” ThinkingWayWantGivingPhilosophyHappensBeautifulGamesEnjoyHoursPurePhotographyMediumsInstantRecognizing Author:Joel Meyerowitz
