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Walker Evans quotes: I think there is a period of esthetic discovery that happens to a man and he can do all sorts of things at white heat.

I think there is a period of esthetic discovery that happens to a man and he can do all sorts of things at white heat.

Walker Evans quotes: Do we know what we look like? Not really.

Do we know what we look like? Not really.

Walker Evans quotes: Die knowing something. You're not here long.

Die knowing something. You're not here long.

Walker Evans quotes: Nobody should touch a Polaroid [camera] until he's over sixty

Nobody should touch a Polaroid [camera] until he's over sixty

Walker Evans quotes: That's my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind.

That's my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind.

Walker Evans quotes: The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system.

The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by chance, not system.

Walker Evans quotes: Good photography is unpretentious.

Good photography is unpretentious.

Walker Evans quotes: Nature photographs downright bore me for some reason or other. I think: 'Oh, yes. Look at that sand dune. What of it?'

Nature photographs downright bore me for some reason or other. I think: 'Oh, yes. Look at that sand dune. What of it?'

Walker Evans quotes: What America needs is a political revolution.

What America needs is a political revolution.

Walker Evans quotes: You see, a document has use, whereas art is really useless. Therefore art is never a document, although it can adopt that style.

You see, a document has use, whereas art is really useless. Therefore art is never a document, although it can adopt that style.

Walker Evans quotes: I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word.

I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word.

Walker Evans quotes: It's easy to photograph light reflecting from a surface, the truly hard part is capturing the light in the air.

It's easy to photograph light reflecting from a surface, the truly hard part is capturing the light in the air.

Walker Evans quotes: Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

Walker Evans quotes: It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.

It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.

Walker Evans quotes: I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered I didn't need to. If the thing is there, why, there it

I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered I didn't need to. If the thing is there, why, there it is.

Walker Evans quotes: In order to put meaning back into our lives, we should recognize illusions for what they are, and we should reach out and touch the fabric of reality.

In order to put meaning back into our lives, we should recognize illusions for what they are, and we should reach out and touch the fabric of reality.

Walker Evans quotes: The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler.

The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler.

Walker Evans quotes: Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.