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> [“The camera is an instrument of detection…we photograph what we know and what we don’t know… when I point my camera at something I am asking a question and the photograph is sometimes an answer… In other words, I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/the-camera-is-an-instrument-of-detection-we-photograph-what-we-know/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

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## More by Patricia Bosworth

> [“I can’t defend this position, but I think I take photographs because there are things that nobody would see unless I photographed them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/i-can-t-defend-this-position-but-i-think-i-take-photographs-because/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

> [I believe no matter how much you research a person's life. No matter how long you spend, the person always remains a mystery. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/i-believe-no-matter-how-much-you-research-a-person-s-life-no-matter/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

> [“As far as she was concerned, aristocracy had nothing to do with money or social position. Aristocracy was linked to a nobility of mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/as-far-as-she-was-concerned-aristocracy-had-nothing-to-do-with-money/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

> [Photographers are always voyeuristic, and they do sort of live vicariously. I think every artist does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/photographers-are-always-voyeuristic-and-they-do-sort-of-live/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

> [“The camera is an instrument of detection…we photograph what we know and what we don’t know… when I point my camera at something I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/the-camera-is-an-instrument-of-detection-we-photograph-what-we-know/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

> [“In close-up, Monty was absolutely riveting. One was practically absorbed into his eyes, which were clearly formidable and perhaps his best asset as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/in-close-up-monty-was-absolutely-riveting-one-was-practically/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

> [“Once out of work, Monty, like many actors, lost his confidence, and his sense of identity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/once-out-of-work-monty-like-many-actors-lost-his-confidence-and-his/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

> [So much has changed about the culture, it's so much more about money and celebrity. Celebrity not in the sense of people who achieve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/so-much-has-changed-about-the-culture-it-s-so-much-more-about-money/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

> [“So it was with the various eccentrics she discovered in the next years. Some she went home with, some she didn't; some she photographed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/so-it-was-with-the-various-eccentrics-she-discovered-in-the-next/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

> [“One must know a bad performance to know a good one. You can't be middle-of-the-road about it, just as you can't be middle-of-the-road about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-bosworth/one-must-know-a-bad-performance-to-know-a-good-one-you-can-t-be/)

[Patricia Bosworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-bosworth/)

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