“I'm very hard on the art world just being a big business.” — Duane Michals Quote

I'm very hard on the art world just being a big business.

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

Photography does deal with 'truth' or a kind of superficial reality better than any of the other arts, but it never questions the nature of reality - it simply reproduces reality. And what good is that when the things of real value in life are invisible?

Photographers usually want to photograph facts and things. But I'm interested in the nature of the thing itself. A photograph of someone sleeping tells me nothing about their dream state; a photograph of a corpse tells me nothing about the nature of death. My work is about my life as an event, and I find myself to be very temporal, transient.

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.

An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.

When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.

Paint the essential character of things.