“ I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see. Duane Michals
“ A photograph of a woman crying tells me nothing about grief. Or a photograph of a woman ecstatic tells me nothing about ecstasy. What is the nature of these emotions? The problem with photography is t… Duane Michals
“ Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...' And then do it. Duane Michals
“ I think photographers are too polite. There is not enough anger in photography it's pretty much trivialized. 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. Duane Michals
“ Photographers tend not to photograph what they can’t see, which is the very reason one should try to attempt it. Otherwise we’re going to go on forever just photographing more faces and more rooms and… 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… Duane Michals
