Nothing attracts me like a closed door. I cannot let my camera rest until I have pried it open. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share Image
Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
Even while you're in dead earnest about your work, you must approach it with a feeling of freedom and joy; you must be loose-jointed,… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
If anyone gets in my way when I'm making a picture, I become irrational. I'm never sure what I am going to do, or… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
A book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
Saturate yourself with your subject and the camera will all but take you by the hand. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new… — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs. — Margaret Bourke-White Copy Share
