I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help. — Ruth Bernhard Photography Copy Share Image
Light is my inspiration. My photographic images search for dimensions that words cannot touch- the result of intense responses to personal experiences.… — Ruth Bernhard Dimensions Copy Share Image
If you are not passionately devoted to an idea, you can make very pleasant pictures but they won't make you cry. — Ruth Bernhard Cry Copy Share Image
My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify and to give emphasis to form with the… — Ruth Bernhard Adventure Copy Share Image
I expect photographs to find me. I never thought of looking for them. I instinctively put them there. My intellect had nothing… — Ruth Bernhard Find me Copy Share Image
Every day I am aware of the flow and constant change; perhaps I am at the edge of discovering what more our… — Ruth Bernhard Able Copy Share Image
I never look for a photograph. The photograph finds me and says, I'm here! and I say, Yes, I see you. I… — Ruth Bernhard Find me Copy Share Image
Fall in love. Every day. With everything. With life. If you can fall in love, you can be a photographer. I think… — Ruth Bernhard Essentials Copy Share Image
It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows… — Ruth Bernhard Accepting Copy Share Image
A person cannot learn to be a photographer. He can only cultivate what he already has. I try to make people aware… — Ruth Bernhard People Copy Share Image
If you are not willing to see more than is visible, you won't see anything. — Ruth Bernhard Photographer Copy Share Image
Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential… — Ruth Bernhard Acknowledge Copy Share Image
Each time I make a photograph I celebrate the life I love and the beauty I know and the happiness I have… — Ruth Bernhard Beauty Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture. — Ruth Bernhard Photographer Copy Share Image
The human body represents to me the same universal innocence, timelessness and purity of all seed pods, suggesting the mother as well… — Ruth Bernhard Body Copy Share Image
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature… — Ruth Bernhard Clouds Copy Share Image
You have to follow your instinct all the time. Otherwise you don't make it. — Ruth Bernhard Inspirational Copy Share Image
Woman has been the target of much that is sordid and cheap, especially in photography. To raise, to elevate, to endorse with… — Ruth Bernhard Goals Copy Share Image
If you can't make the image bigger or more important than what you see, then don't push the button — Ruth Bernhard Bigger Copy Share Image
Remember God likes us best when we are flying by the seats of our pants, — Ruth Bernhard Flying Copy Share Image
