Dorothea Lange Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Dorothea Lange:

I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.
~Dorothea Lange


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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.
~Dorothea Lange


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Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#64fd699d

The visual life is an enormous undertaking, practically unattainable.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#4091c026

While there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us to see.
~Dorothea Lange


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No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#14c65551

I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#a08f5479

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#dc0bd698

A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#36fd20fe

A camera teaches you how to see without a camera.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#1af4086f

It is not enough to photograph the obviously picturesque.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#e1b81c16

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#1471633c

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#74099f8a

I believe in living with the camera, and not using the camera.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#7b818e83

A documentary photograph is not a factual photograph.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#b9c95eb7

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#e146024a

Seeing is more than a physiological phenomenon... We see not only with our eyes but with all that we are and all that our culture is. The artist is a professional see-er.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#4b0e6850

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 Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#eb04160c

To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.
~Dorothea Lange


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dorothea-lange-quotes/#75bfed2c

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