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.
There are those photographers who have made a whole career doing commercial work but have never had a museum show, and then there are others who've only had museum shows but couldn't survive for five seconds in the real world of photography. But I've done absolutely everything.
They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original.
It's weird because I see black gay characters on television all the time, but do I relate to them? Not always, because they're set pieces.
Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is.
The delight we experience when we allow ourselves to respond to a fairy tale, the enchantment we feel, comes not from the psychological meaning of the tale (although this contributes to it) but from its literary qualities-the tale itself as a work of art.
Unfortunately, there aren't enough interesting acting roles in New Zealand to sustain a career.
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