The people who are garrulous and wear their heart on their sleeve and tell you everything, that’s one kind of person, but the fellow who’s hiding behind a tree and hoping you don’t see him is the fellow that you’d better find out why.
DOROTHEA LANGEPick a theme and work it to exhaustion… the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.
More Dorothea Lange Quotes
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It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.
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Ours is a time of the machine, and ours is a need to know that the machine can be put to creative human effort. If not, the machine can destroy us.
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You go into a room and you know where you’re welcome; you know where you’re unwelcome.
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No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually … I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare look at ourselves.
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A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph.
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The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.
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Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.
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No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually.
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I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I’ve heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal.
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Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure.
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To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.
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Sometimes in a hostile situation you stick around because hostility itself is important.
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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.
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The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.
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The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable.
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