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> [ I read the poem \[In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke\] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses: "This poem is kind of important to me. I don't know why, but I'm going to just keep… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/i-read-the-poem-in-a-dark-time-by-theodore-roethke-because-i-was/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

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## More by Peter van Agtmael

> [I was taking all prints and I brought them to the Magnum meetings, trying the old Josef Koudelka trick: Give them to photographers, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/i-was-taking-all-prints-and-i-brought-them-to-the-magnum-meetings/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [I think a lot of the work I've done and a lot of the work I'm going to do in the future still ties…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/i-think-a-lot-of-the-work-i-ve-done-and-a-lot-of-the-work-i-m-going/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [ That kind of unease, that melancholy, is of course partly my interpretation, but partly, I think, it's something that's really there \[in America\] as… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/that-kind-of-unease-that-melancholy-is-of-course-partly-my/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [ You find \[reverberations from 9/11 \] in them most unexpected places, like graffiti on a wall. Sometimes it's a faded picture; sometimes it's a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/you-find-reverberations-from-9-11-in-them-most-unexpected-places-like/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [Nothing is over until there's something more decisive than your own thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/nothing-is-over-until-there-s-something-more-decisive-than-your-own/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [It was sometimes provoked by assignments, then I'd go back on my own dime if I really clicked with a place. And sometimes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/it-was-sometimes-provoked-by-assignments-then-i-d-go-back-on-my-own/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [The big question that everyone is asking themselves, or what they should be asking themselves right now, is what role has the media played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/the-big-question-that-everyone-is-asking-themselves-or-what-they/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [Sometimes the picture is more interesting than what is going on. Sometimes the picture is suggestive of greater things in society or the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/sometimes-the-picture-is-more-interesting-than-what-is-going-on/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [I'm a constant editor. Every few months or so I make a ton of 4x6 prints. I put them on a magnetic board and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/i-m-a-constant-editor-every-few-months-or-so-i-make-a-ton-of-4x6/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [ The travel ban that was imposed by the \[Donald Trump\] administration is a very direct reverberation of 9/11. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/the-travel-ban-that-was-imposed-by-the-donald-trump-administration-is/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [I am still covering conflict to some degree. I was back in Iraq. I've covered quite a bit of the Israel and Palestine. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/i-am-still-covering-conflict-to-some-degree-i-was-back-in-iraq-i-ve/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [Buzzing at the Sill is from a Theodore Roethke poem called "In a Dark Time." I'd heard a small part of it in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/buzzing-at-the-sill-is-from-a-theodore-roethke-poem-called-in-a-dark/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [ I read the poem \[In a Dark Time by Theodore Roethke\] because I was intrigued and had one of those strange senses: "This poem… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/i-read-the-poem-in-a-dark-time-by-theodore-roethke-because-i-was/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [I realized how little I knew about my own country. I had grown up in the suburbs and, after college, I moved out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/i-realized-how-little-i-knew-about-my-own-country-i-had-grown-up-in/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

> [What I was doing for those assignments wasn't always directly tied to what I was doing for myself, but it gave me the space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-agtmael/what-i-was-doing-for-those-assignments-wasn-t-always-directly-tied-to/)

[Peter van Agtmael](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-agtmael/)

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