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Duane Michals Quotes: Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people's lives - something they know nothing about - and drawing great inferences into it.
         

Photography is very presumptuous. Photographers are always photographing other people's lives - something they know nothing about - and drawing great inferences into it.


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Trust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.



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I believe in the imagination. What I cannot see is infinitely more important than what I can see.



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I am an expressionist and by that I mean that I'm not a photographer or a writer or a painter or a tap dancer, but rather someone who expresses himself according to his needs.



Don’t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art.

Don’t try to be an artist. Find the thing within you that needs to be expressed. You might find it is art.



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.

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.



Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.

Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.



Art is really whispering, not shouting.

Art is really whispering, not shouting.



In the West, people tend to look at life as spectators, but in the East, people are the thing.

In the West, people tend to look at life as spectators, but in the East, people are the thing.



The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing.

The majority of photographers focus on the obvious. They believe and accept what their eyes tell them, and yet eyes know nothing.



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All good work has magic in it, and addresses the mind in a subtle way.





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My heart battered against my ribs, my breath stalled and I gazed up into his laughing, smiling eyes...eyes that suddently glowed crimson and cruel.



I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects all of our constitutional rights and privileges.

I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects all of our constitutional rights and privileges.



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One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.



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We can grow so accustomed to being spoon-fed the Word of God that we sometimes forget how to examine the Scriptures for ourselves.



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There was nothing subtle about our landing. The pilot just pointed the nose at the ground and let her rip.



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Only what I am not giving can be lacking in any situation.



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What is civilization? I answer, the power of good women.



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I just think, who wants new soul? I want my soul to be the same as Otis Redding, I don't wanna have a new one.



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