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title: "2 Camera Instrument Quotes By Dorothea Lange"
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> [The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/the-camera-is-an-instrument-that-teaches-people-how-to-see-without-a/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

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> [You put your camera around your neck along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares your life with you. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/you-put-your-camera-around-your-neck-along-with-putting-on-your-shoes/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

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## More by Dorothea Lange

> [Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/bring-the-viewer-to-your-side-include-him-in-your-thought-he-is-not-a/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/the-good-photograph-is-not-the-object-the-consequences-of-the/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/one-should-really-use-the-camera-as-though-tomorrow-you-d-be-stricken/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/i-believe-that-what-we-call-beautiful-is-generally-a-by-product/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/that-frame-of-mind-that-you-need-to-make-fine-pictures-of-a-very/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [You go into a room and you know where you're welcome; you know where you're unwelcome.Sometimes in a hostile situation you stick around because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/you-go-into-a-room-and-you-know-where-you-re-welcome-you-know-where/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually ... I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/no-country-has-ever-closely-scrutinized-itself-visually-i-know-what/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [Photography today appears to be in a state of flight... The familiar is made strange, the unfamiliar grotesque. The amateur forces his Sundays into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/photography-today-appears-to-be-in-a-state-of-flight-the-familiar-is/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/i-realize-more-and-more-what-it-takes-to-be-a-really-good/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/you-know-there-are-moments-such-as-these-when-time-stands-still-and/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/to-me-beauty-appears-when-one-feels-deeply-and-art-is-an-act-of-total/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/the-camera-is-an-instrument-that-teaches-people-how-to-see-without-a/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [I trust my instincts. I don't distrust them. They haven't led me astray. It's when I've made up my mind to be efficient that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/i-trust-my-instincts-i-don-t-distrust-them-they-haven-t-led-me-astray/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/pick-a-theme-and-work-it-to-exhaustion-the-subject-must-be-something/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/a-camera-is-a-tool-for-learning-how-to-see-without-a-camera/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

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