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> [Science has discovered much. The engineering is wonderful, epicycles and all. And yet, as we look at this vast, elaborate structure built on layer and layer of complex constituents, can we help but be reminded of the Land of Oz.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walker-evans/science-has-discovered-much-the-engineering-is-wonderful-epicycles/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/walker-evans-14813_built_science-has-discovered-much-the-engineer_2717152.jpg)

## 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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