What would please me most is to make photographs as incomprehensible as life.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the desire to create art that captures the complexity and mystery of life.
In this quote, William Klein expresses his aspiration to make photographs that embody the same level of uncertainty and ambiguity that exists in real life. He suggests that art, particularly photography, should not simply present reality in a straightforward manner but instead invite viewers to explore its deeper meanings and complexities, mirroring the often incomprehensible nature of life itself.
In practice
Using this quote in a discussion about the role of ambiguity in modern art.
When you use film, you use accidents, but there aren't any accidents with digital photography. I don't mind that it's easy. But I do mind that there is a sort of consensus with the camera and the subject and the light, and you look at something, and you photograph it, and you get what you see.
Memories. That's the thing about photography. I look at the contact sheet, and it brings back everything: whether I was tired, whether I was full of beans.
Memories, impressions and emotions from the first 20 years on earth are most writers' main material; little that comes afterward is quite so rich and resonant.
I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.
Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan poetry, is aware, the form ideally do not take away from the creativity but may add to it.
Girls have always read comics. There's nothing intrinsically masculine about telling stories with pictures.
Artists live with God β but give their little finger to Satan. I sleep with the angels and dream of the devil.
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.
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