Then all at once in late August's heat, tall leafless stalks crowned with iridescent pink and purple blossoms burst from the purgatory in the earth. This arcane act of nature, though perceived by us as ordinary, is a manifestation of Maya's phantom play, the great immensity expressed in every way. My garden is the universe. I am the universe. I am my garden. All things are the same.
Duane MichalsI 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 MichalsTrust that little voice in your head that says 'Wouldn't it be interesting if...'; And then do it.
Duane MichalsI am interested in the nature of things. The nature of something is quite different from the way it looks.
Duane MichalsHow foolish of me to believe that it would be that easy. I had confused the appearance of trees and automobiles, and people with a reality itself, and believed that a photograph of these appearances to be a photograph of it. It is a melancholy truth that I will never be able to photograph it and can only fail. I am a reflection photographing other reflections within a reflection. To photograph reality is to photograph nothing.
Duane Michals