Occupation: Photographer Birth: June 14, 1904 Death: August 27, 1971
Life wanted faces that would express what we wanted to tell. Not just the unusual or striking face, but the face that would speak out the message fro….
The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world to anothe….
I'm afraid my closely guarded solitude causes some hurt feelings now and then. But how to explain, without wounding someone, that you want to be whol….
If anyone gets in my way when I'm making a picture, I become irrational. I'm never sure what I am going to do, or sometimes even aware of what I do-o….
A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time... Everything was touched with magic..
A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it..
Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you..
The beauty of the past belongs to the past..
"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera.".
Even while you're in dead earnest about your work, you must approach it with a feeling of freedom and joy; you must be loose-jointed, like a relaxed ….
I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight..
Usually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts..
To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is..
Life is beating against the school windows. You must quickly open the doors and go out to learn that no door must be locked against you..
You are responsible for what you have done and the people whom you have influenced..
I have never forgotten a picture that I ever made..
We are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others..