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.

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

I already know what things look like - I don't want description. People believe in appearances, and I don't believe in appearances at all.

Duane Michals Quotes