--- title: "1 Interested Life Quotes By Ruth Bernhard" description: "1 Interested Life quotes by Ruth Bernhard. Plus more from Ruth Bernhard and more Interested Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/ruth-bernhard-20610_ifs_if-youre-not-interested-in-life-then-pho_3084793.jpg" --- > [If youre not interested in life, then photography has no meaning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/if-youre-not-interested-in-life-then-photography-has-no-meaning/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/ruth-bernhard-20610_ifs_if-youre-not-interested-in-life-then-pho_3084793.jpg) ## More by Ruth Bernhard > [I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/i-never-question-what-to-do-it-tells-me-what-to-do-the-photographs/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [Light is my inspiration. My photographic images search for dimensions that words cannot touch- the result of intense responses to personal experiences. I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/light-is-my-inspiration-my-photographic-images-search-for-dimensions/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [Photography is art when it's used by an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/photography-is-art-when-it-s-used-by-an-artist/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/if-you-are-not-passionately-devoted-to-an-idea-you-can-make-very/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/my-quest-through-the-magic-of-light-and-shadow-is-to-isolate-to/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [#1 Never Get Used to Anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/1-never-get-used-to-anything/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [I always said 'yes' to everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/i-always-said-yes-to-everything/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [I expect photographs to find me. I never thought of looking for them. I instinctively put them there. My intellect had nothing to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/i-expect-photographs-to-find-me-i-never-thought-of-looking-for-them-i/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [There is nothing unimportant in the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/there-is-nothing-unimportant-in-the-universe/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [Every day I am aware of the flow and constant change; perhaps I am at the edge of discovering what more our bodies might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/every-day-i-am-aware-of-the-flow-and-constant-change-perhaps-i-am-at/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [I never look for a photograph. The photograph finds me and says, I'm here! and I say, Yes, I see you. I hear you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/i-never-look-for-a-photograph-the-photograph-finds-me-and-says-i-m/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [Fall in love. Every day. With everything. With life. If you can fall in love, you can be a photographer. I think that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/fall-in-love-every-day-with-everything-with-life-if-you-can-fall-in/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/it-is-so-basic-a-human-being-is-an-innocent-part-of-nature-our/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [A person cannot learn to be a photographer. He can only cultivate what he already has. I try to make people aware that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/a-person-cannot-learn-to-be-a-photographer-he-can-only-cultivate-what/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) > [Everything is one and I am one with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/everything-is-one-and-i-am-one-with-it/) [Ruth Bernhard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bernhard/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interested-life/ruth-bernhard/#itemlist", "name": "1 Interested Life Quotes By Ruth Bernhard", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If youre not interested in life, then photography has no meaning", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ruth Bernhard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bernhard/if-youre-not-interested-in-life-then-photography-has-no-meaning/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/ruth-bernhard-20610_ifs_if-youre-not-interested-in-life-then-pho_3084793.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/ruth-bernhard-20610_ifs_if-youre-not-interested-in-life-then-pho_3084793.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/ruth-bernhard-20610_ifs_if-youre-not-interested-in-life-then-pho_3084793.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If youre not interested in life, then photography has no meaning” — Ruth Bernhard", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interested-life/ruth-bernhard/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interested-life/ruth-bernhard/", "name": "Interested Life Quotes by Ruth Bernhard", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/interested-life/ruth-bernhard/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/ruth-bernhard-20610_ifs_if-youre-not-interested-in-life-then-pho_3084793.jpg" }, "description": "1 Interested Life quotes by Ruth Bernhard. 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