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Margaret Bourke-White quotes: 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.

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.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

If you banish fear, nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: You are responsible for what you have done and the people whom you have influenced.

You are responsible for what you have done and the people whom you have influenced.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: War makes its own morals.

War makes its own morals.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: "Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.

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

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

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: 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.

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.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time ... Everything was touched with magic.

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

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.

I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: Utter truth is essential ... and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.

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

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs ...

The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs ...

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: I have never forgotten a picture that I ever made.

I have never forgotten a picture that I ever made.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: Work to me is a sacred thing.

Work to me is a sacred thing.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: 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.

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.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: 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.

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 quotes: A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: Saturate yourself with your subject and the camera will all but take you by the hand.

Saturate yourself with your subject and the camera will all but take you by the hand.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

Margaret Bourke-White quotes: Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.

Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open.