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> [I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative that I speak to people, so I must desert that ivory tower. To do this, I am a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-am-an-idealist-i-often-feel-i-would-like-to-be-an-artist-in-an/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

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## More by W. Eugene Smith

> [If I can get them to think, get them to feel, get them to see, then I've done about all that I can as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/if-i-can-get-them-to-think-get-them-to-feel-get-them-to-see-then-i-ve/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [... to became neighbours and friends instead of journalists. This is the way to make your finest photographs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/to-became-neighbours-and-friends-instead-of-journalists-this-is-the/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [Most photographers seem to operate with a pane of glass between themselves and their subjects. They just can't get inside and know the subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/most-photographers-seem-to-operate-with-a-pane-of-glass-between/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I was after a set of pictures, so that when people looked at them they would say, ‘This is war’-that the people who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-was-after-a-set-of-pictures-so-that-when-people-looked-at-them-they/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I am an idealist. I often feel I would like to be an artist in an ivory tower. Yet it is imperative that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-am-an-idealist-i-often-feel-i-would-like-to-be-an-artist-in-an/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [The first word I would remove from the folklore of journalism is the word objective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/the-first-word-i-would-remove-from-the-folklore-of-journalism-is-the/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [What's the best type of light? Why that would be available light... and by available light I mean any damn light is available.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/what-s-the-best-type-of-light-why-that-would-be-available-light-and/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I am constantly torn between the attitude of the conscientious journalist who is a recorder and interpreter of the facts and of the creative…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-am-constantly-torn-between-the-attitude-of-the-conscientious/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [You can't photograph if you're not in love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/you-can-t-photograph-if-you-re-not-in-love/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-think-photojournalism-is-documentary-photography-with-a-purpose/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I would that my photographs might be, not the coverage of a news event, but an indictment of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-would-that-my-photographs-might-be-not-the-coverage-of-a-news-event/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [Many claim I am a photographer of tragedy. In the greater sense I am not, for though I often photograph where the tragic emotion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/many-claim-i-am-a-photographer-of-tragedy-in-the-greater-sense-i-am/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [My camera, my intentions stopped no man from falling. Nor did they aid him after he had fallen. It could be said that photographs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/my-camera-my-intentions-stopped-no-man-from-falling-nor-did-they-aid/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [The purpose of all art is to cause a deep and emotion, also one that is entertaining or pleasing. Out of the depth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/the-purpose-of-all-art-is-to-cause-a-deep-and-emotion-also-one-that/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

> [I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-smith/i-didn-t-write-the-rules-why-would-i-follow-them/)

[W. Eugene Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-smith/)

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