Margaret Bourke-White Quotes - Page 2

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• The very secret of life for mewas to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility. I had picked a life that dealt with excitement, tragedy, mass calamities, human triumphs and suffering. To throw my whole self into recording and attempting to understand these things, I needed an inner serenity as a kind of balance.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Self, Rushing, Serenity

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• The world was waiting to be full of discovery made(as a photographer) I could share the things I saw and learned.you would react to something all others might walk by.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Discovery, Waiting, Might

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• I have never forgotten a picture that I ever made.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Photography, Forgotten, Made

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• A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time... Everything was touched with magic.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Photography, Magic, Golden

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• Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Truth, Long, Essentials

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• 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 another.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Art, Discovery, Walking Forward

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• By some special graciousness of fate I am deposited - as all good photographers like to be - in the right place at the right time. Go into it as young as possible. Bring all the asset you have and play to win.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Photography, Fate, Winning

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• I love to write out of doors and sleep out of doors, too. If I sleep under the open sky it becomes part of the writing experience, part of my insulation from the world.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Writing, Sleep, Doors

  Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.330, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• A book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Book, Intense, Share

  Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.331, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• My idea of gardening is to discover something wild in my wood and weed around it with the utmost care until it has a chance to grow and spread.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Weed, Ideas, Gardening

  Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.337, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• I like to hide my camera and use a remote control, because then no one knows when I'm actually imprisoning their souls in the visual plane of thought or just sitting there, waiting, and then making time stop. The printed film is like a bell used to symbolize its hour. Except it stands for both that hour's and everything's sudden stopping.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Waiting, Soul, Cameras

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• 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 athlete.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Athlete, Joy, Feelings

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• Work to me is a sacred thing.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Sacred Things, Sacred

  Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.390, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.

  Margaret Bourke-White

  Photography, Men, Choices

  Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.314, Pickle Partners Publishing

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