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> [The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/the-camera-is-an-instrument-that-teaches-people-how-to-see-without-a/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

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## More by Dorothea Lange

> [Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/bring-the-viewer-to-your-side-include-him-in-your-thought-he-is-not-a/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [The good photograph is not the object, the consequences of the photograph are the objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/the-good-photograph-is-not-the-object-the-consequences-of-the/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/one-should-really-use-the-camera-as-though-tomorrow-you-d-be-stricken/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [I believe that what we call beautiful is generally a by-product.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/i-believe-that-what-we-call-beautiful-is-generally-a-by-product/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [That frame of mind that you need to make fine pictures of a very wonderful subject, you cannot do it by not being lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/that-frame-of-mind-that-you-need-to-make-fine-pictures-of-a-very/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/you-go-into-a-room-and-you-know-where-you-re-welcome-you-know-where/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [No country has ever closely scrutinized itself visually ... I know what we could make of it if people only thought we could dare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/no-country-has-ever-closely-scrutinized-itself-visually-i-know-what/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [Photography today appears to be in a state of flight... The familiar is made strange, the unfamiliar grotesque. The amateur forces his Sundays into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/photography-today-appears-to-be-in-a-state-of-flight-the-familiar-is/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [I realize more and more what it takes to be a really good photographer. You go in over your head, not just up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/i-realize-more-and-more-what-it-takes-to-be-a-really-good/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/you-know-there-are-moments-such-as-these-when-time-stands-still-and/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/to-me-beauty-appears-when-one-feels-deeply-and-art-is-an-act-of-total/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/the-camera-is-an-instrument-that-teaches-people-how-to-see-without-a/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/i-trust-my-instincts-i-don-t-distrust-them-they-haven-t-led-me-astray/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/pick-a-theme-and-work-it-to-exhaustion-the-subject-must-be-something/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

> [A camera is a tool for learning how to see without a camera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothea-lange/a-camera-is-a-tool-for-learning-how-to-see-without-a-camera/)

[Dorothea Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothea-lange/)

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