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> [“Life, raw life, the kind we lead every day, whether it leads us into the past or the future, has the curious property of not seeming real enough . We have a need, however illusive, for a life that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/life-raw-life-the-kind-we-lead-every-day-whether-it-leads-us-into-the/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

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## More by Wright Morris

> [Everyone in California is from somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/everyone-in-california-is-from-somewhere-else/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [ \[We\] make images to see clearly: then we see clearly what we have made. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/we-make-images-to-see-clearly-then-we-see-clearly-what-we-have-made/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [We're in the world of communications more and more, tough we're in communication less and less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/we-re-in-the-world-of-communications-more-and-more-tough-we-re-in/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [The photograph, after all, is just a photograph. Words will determine its meaning and status.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-photograph-after-all-is-just-a-photograph-words-will-determine/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [I prefer a taken to a made photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/i-prefer-a-taken-to-a-made-photograph/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [The past is useless. That explains why it is past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-past-is-useless-that-explains-why-it-is-past/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [ However much \[photographs\] may lie, they do so with the raw materials of truth. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/however-much-photographs-may-lie-they-do-so-with-the-raw-materials-of/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [The imagination made us human, but being human, becoming more human, is a greater burden than we imagined. We have no choice but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-imagination-made-us-human-but-being-human-becoming-more-human-is/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [In the blur of the photograph, time leaves its gleaming, snail-like track.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/in-the-blur-of-the-photograph-time-leaves-its-gleaming-snail-like/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [As the style of Faulkner grew out of his rage--out of the impotence of his rage--the style of Hemingway grew out of the depth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/as-the-style-of-faulkner-grew-out-of-his-rage-out-of-the-impotence-of/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [“Life, raw life, the kind we lead every day, whether it leads us into the past or the future, has the curious property of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/life-raw-life-the-kind-we-lead-every-day-whether-it-leads-us-into-the/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [The man who comes to writing late, but is in essence a writer, may sometimes gain as much as he has lost: his experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-man-who-comes-to-writing-late-but-is-in-essence-a-writer-may/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [The man who walks alone is soon trailed by the F.B.I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-man-who-walks-alone-is-soon-trailed-by-the-f-b-i/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [The vast number of photographers, feeding on anything visible, overgraze the landscape the way cattle overgraze their pasture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-vast-number-of-photographers-feeding-on-anything-visible/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

> [There's little to see, but things leave an impression. It's a matter of time and repetition. As something old wears thin or out, something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/there-s-little-to-see-but-things-leave-an-impression-it-s-a-matter-of/)

[Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/)

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