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title: "1 Artist Doing Quotes By Walker Evans"
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> [I began to wonder - I knew I was an artist or wanted to be one - but I was wondering whether I really was an artist. I was doing such ordinary things that I could feel the difference. Most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/i-began-to-wonder-i-knew-i-was-an-artist-or-wanted-to-be-one-but-i/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

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## More by Walker Evans

> [I'm sometimes called a 'documentary photographer' but... a man operating under that definition could take a sly pleasure in the disguise. Very often I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/i-m-sometimes-called-a-documentary-photographer-but-a-man-operating/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [Privilege, if you're very strict, is an immoral and unjust thing to have, but if you've got it you didn't choose to get it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/privilege-if-you-re-very-strict-is-an-immoral-and-unjust-thing-to/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [ What I believe is really good in the so-called documentary approach to photography is the addition of lyricism.\[this quality\] is usually produced unconsciously and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/what-i-believe-is-really-good-in-the-so-called-documentary-approach/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [Photography is not cute cats, nor nudes, motherhood or arrangements of manufactured products. Under no circumstances it is anything ever anywhere near a beach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/photography-is-not-cute-cats-nor-nudes-motherhood-or-arrangements-of/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/i-used-to-try-to-figure-out-precisely-what-i-was-seeing-all-the-time/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [What America needs is a political revolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/what-america-needs-is-a-political-revolution/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/it-s-the-way-to-educate-your-eyes-stare-pry-listen-eavesdrop-die/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [I think there is a period of esthetic discovery that happens to a man and he can do all sorts of things at white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/i-think-there-is-a-period-of-esthetic-discovery-that-happens-to-a-man/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [Documentary: That’s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has use, whereas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/documentary-that-s-a-sophisticated-and-misleading-word-and-not-really/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/it-is-the-way-to-educate-your-eye-and-more-stare-pry-listen-eavesdrop/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/leaving-aside-the-mysteries-and-the-inequities-of-human-talent-brains/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [ Nobody should touch a Polaroid \[camera\] until he's over sixty ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/nobody-should-touch-a-polaroid-camera-until-he-s-over-sixty/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [With the camera, it's all or nothing. You either get what you're after at once, or what you do has to be worthless. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/with-the-camera-it-s-all-or-nothing-you-either-get-what-you-re-after/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [The eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/the-eye-traffics-in-feelings-not-in-thoughts/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

> [The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/the-secret-of-photography-is-the-camera-takes-on-the-character-and/)

[Walker Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walker-evans/)

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