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But, memory paints impressionistic portraits of the past, enhancing some images and blurring others. To her, — Monique Martin

I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose. — W. Eugene Smith

My pictures are complex and so am I. — W. Eugene Smith

What, after all, is mathematics but the poetry of the mind, and what is poetry but the mathematics of the heart? — David Eugene Smith

Another promise made by a man who'd kept too few. — Kristin Hannah

I see
red, burning love
disappear
forever. — Lisa Schroeder

Jesus Christ said the gate that leads to destruction is wide and the way is broad, but the gate which leads to life is straight and the way narrow. — Billy Graham

I decline to go fox hunting (nor did she want her sons William and Harry to be involved in hunting). — Princess Diana

The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world just does not fit conveniently into the format of a 35mm camera. — W. Eugene Smith

Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know the subject. — W. Eugene Smith

To became neighbours and friends instead of journalists. This is the way to make your finest photographs. — W. Eugene Smith

What's the best type of light? Why that would be available light ... and by available light I mean any damn light is available. — W. Eugene Smith

I think it is time for all babies to let us know who they want for president. — Margaret Cho

The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective. — W. Eugene Smith

What use having a great depth of field, if there is not an adequate depth of feeling? — W. Eugene Smith

Hardening of the categories causes art disease. — W. Eugene Smith

An artist must be ruthlessly selfish. — W. Eugene Smith

The purpose of all art is to cause a deep and emotion, also one that is entertaining or pleasing. Out of the depth and entertainment comes value. — W. Eugene Smith

With considerable soul searching, that to the utmost of my ability, I have let truth be the prejudice. — W. Eugene Smith

Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors. — W. Eugene Smith

Everybody says that they're against the special interests. I'm the only one the special interests don't give any money to. — John McCain

I've never made any picture, good or bad, without paying for it in emotional turmoil. — W. Eugene Smith

Science and violence turned silence to rage. — Emily Saliers

Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness. — W. Eugene Smith

As the excitement of the game increases, prudence is sure to diminish. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Available light is any damn light that is available! — W. Eugene Smith

If I can get them to think, get them to feel, get them to see, then I've done about all that I can as a teacher. — W. Eugene Smith

You can't photograph if you're not in love. — W. Eugene Smith

I try to take what voice I have and I give it to those who don't have one at all. — W. Eugene Smith

I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war. — W. Eugene Smith

As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Material Girl' into my hairbrush. — Natalie Dormer

I didn't write the rules. Why would I follow them? — W. Eugene Smith

Hard work's a good distraction. — Scott Westerfeld