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title: "3 Understood Light Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Understood Light quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Understood Light sayings and thoughts."
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> [Before I knew the camera, I knew about images. It's all about trying to make light with a pencil or with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malick-sidibe/before-i-knew-the-camera-i-knew-about-images-it-s-all-about-trying-to/)

[Malick Sidibe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malick-sidibe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/malick-sidibe-65020_cameras_before-i-knew-the-camera-i-knew-about-im_1948196.jpg)

> [To me, no painter has ever quite understood the light, the distances, the aboriginal ghostliness of the American West as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/to-me-no-painter-has-ever-quite-understood-the-light-the-distances/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/thomas-mcguane-18001_aboriginal_to-me-no-painter-has-ever-quite-understo_2525616.jpg)

> [“she had now no inclination to trouble Gibbie's heart with what men call the plan of salvation. It was enough to her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/she-had-now-no-inclination-to-trouble-gibbie-s-heart-with-what-men/)

[George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7f/george-macdonald-295_plan-of-salvation_she-had-now-no-inclination-to-trouble-gi_3230016.png)

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