The words that come direct from the people are the greatest.If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes. — Dorothea Lange Copy Share Image
Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions… — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects. — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind. — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost… — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
You go into a room and you know where you're welcome; you know where you're unwelcome.Sometimes in a hostile situation you stick around because… — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually ... I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare… — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
Photography today appears to be in a state of flight... The familiar is made strange, the unfamiliar grotesque. The amateur forces his Sundays into… — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to… — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will… — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention, — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
I trust my instincts. I don't distrust them. They haven't led me astray. It's when I've made up my mind to be efficient that… — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate. — Dorothea Lange Copy Share
