If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry. — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
You have to follow your instinct all the time. Otherwise you don't make it. — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
What the human eye sees is an illusion of what is real. The black and white image transforms illusions into another reality. — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture. — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
If you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won't see anything. — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
If you can't make the image bigger or more important than what you see, then don't push the button — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
Never ever say the word shoot when you are taking a picture with a camera because a camera is not a violent… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
Fall in love. Every day. With everything. With life. If you can fall in love, you can be a photographer. I think… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
A person cannot learn to be a photographer. He can only cultivate what he already has. I try to make people aware… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
For me, the creation of a photograph is experienced as a heightened emotional response, most akin to poetry and music, each image… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share Image
I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help. — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
Light is my inspiration. My photographic images search for dimensions that words cannot touch- the result of intense responses to personal experiences. I do… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry. — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity.… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
I expect photographs to find me. I never thought of looking for them. I instinctively put them there. My intellect had nothing to do… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
Every day I am aware of the flow and constant change; perhaps I am at the edge of discovering what more our bodies might… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
I never look for a photograph. The photograph finds me and says, I'm here! and I say, Yes, I see you. I hear you. — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
Fall in love. Every day. With everything. With life. If you can fall in love, you can be a photographer. I think that is… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
A person cannot learn to be a photographer. He can only cultivate what he already has. I try to make people aware that they… — Ruth Bernhard Copy Share
