The best way to go into an unknown territory is to go in ignorant, ignorant as possible, with your mind wide open, as wide open as possible and not h…

- Dorothea Lange

I trust my instincts. I don't distrust them. They haven't led me astray. It's when I've made up my mind to be efficient that is when I have gone wron…

- Dorothea Lange

I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to your neck.

- Dorothea Lange

To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.

- Dorothea Lange

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

- Dorothea Lange

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

- Dorothea Lange

I had to get my camera to register things that were more important than how poor they were--their pride, their strength, their spirit.

- Dorothea Lange

You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.

- Dorothea Lange

Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.

- Dorothea Lange