--- title: "23 Wright Morris Quotes - Famous Photographer (The home place)" description: "Wright Marion Morris was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plain..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-wright-morris-96361.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-wright-morris-96361.jpg) # Wright Morris (1910–1998) Photographer **23** quotes in **131** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Wright Morris was a photographer, best known for *The home place*. ## Quick Facts About Wright Morris Born January 6, 1910 Died April 25, 1998 Profession Photographer Notable works The home place ## About Wright Morris Wright Marion Morris was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as well as for experimenting with narrative forms. ## Quotes by Wright Morris > [The past is useless. That explains why it is past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-past-is-useless-that-explains-why-it-is-past/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/wright-morris-25032_history_the-past-is-useless-that-explains-why-it_893767.png) > [ \[We\] make images to see clearly: then we see clearly what we have made. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/we-make-images-to-see-clearly-then-we-see-clearly-what-we-have-made/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Clearly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clearly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/wright-morris-25032_clearly_we-make-images-to-see-clearly-then-we-se_29278.png) > [In the blur of the photograph, time leaves its gleaming, snail-like track.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/in-the-blur-of-the-photograph-time-leaves-its-gleaming-snail-like/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Blur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f54/wright-morris-25032_blur_in-the-blur-of-the-photograph-time-leave_1414401.png) > [Cats don't belong to people. They belong to places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/cats-don-t-belong-to-people-they-belong-to-places/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Belong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7b/wright-morris-25032_belong_cats-don-t-belong-to-people-they-belong_2062986.png) > [Everyone in California is from somewhere else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/everyone-in-california-is-from-somewhere-else/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [California](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/california/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/wright-morris-25032_california_everyone-in-california-is-from-somewhere_2312.png) > [I prefer a taken to a made photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/i-prefer-a-taken-to-a-made-photograph/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Made](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/made/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c6/wright-morris-25032_made_i-prefer-a-taken-to-a-made-photograph-82_828264.png) > [We make to ourselves pictures of facts. The picture is a model of reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/we-make-to-ourselves-pictures-of-facts-the-picture-is-a-model-of/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Facts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/facts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/wright-morris-25032_facts_we-make-to-ourselves-pictures-of-facts-t_2844879.png) > [The man who walks alone is soon trailed by the F.B.I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-man-who-walks-alone-is-soon-trailed-by-the-f-b-i/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [He man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/he-man/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/wright-morris-25032_he-man_the-man-who-walks-alone-is-soon-trailed_1779337.png) > [The vast number of photographers, feeding on anything visible, overgraze the landscape the way cattle overgraze their pasture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-vast-number-of-photographers-feeding-on-anything-visible/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Cattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/wright-morris-25032_cattle_the-vast-number-of-photographers-feeding_2010986.png) > [The camera eye is the one in the middle of our forehead, combining how we see with what there is to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-camera-eye-is-the-one-in-the-middle-of-our-forehead-combining-how/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Cameras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cameras/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/wright-morris-25032_cameras_the-camera-eye-is-the-one-in-the-middle_2233341.png) > [ However much \[photographs\] may lie, they do so with the raw materials of truth. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/however-much-photographs-may-lie-they-do-so-with-the-raw-materials-of/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Lying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lying/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/wright-morris-25032_lying_however-much-photographs-may-lie-they-do_1178032.png) > [The photograph, after all, is just a photograph. Words will determine its meaning and status.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-photograph-after-all-is-just-a-photograph-words-will-determine/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Determine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/determine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/wright-morris-25032_determine_the-photograph-after-all-is-just-a-photo_596965.png) > [Writes have an island, a center of refuge, within themselves. It is the mind's anchorage, the soul's Great Good Place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/writes-have-an-island-a-center-of-refuge-within-themselves-it-is-the/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Good place](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-place/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/wright-morris-25032_good-place_writes-have-an-island-a-center-of-refuge_2926138.png) > [When writing is good, everything is symbolic, but symbolic writing is seldom good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/when-writing-is-good-everything-is-symbolic-but-symbolic-writing-is/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/wright-morris-25032_inspirational_when-writing-is-good-everything-is-symbo_2115542.png) > [We're in the world of communications more and more, tough we're in communication less and less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/we-re-in-the-world-of-communications-more-and-more-tough-we-re-in/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/631/wright-morris-25032_communication_we-re-in-the-world-of-communications-mor_319296.png) > [The man who comes to writing late, but is in essence a writer, may sometimes gain as much as he has lost:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-man-who-comes-to-writing-late-but-is-in-essence-a-writer-may/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Essence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/essence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/wright-morris-25032_essence_the-man-who-comes-to-writing-late-but-is_1632548.jpg) > [After many months of writing, it occured to me that it might be possible to photograph, in the flesh, what I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/after-many-months-of-writing-it-occured-to-me-that-it-might-be/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Attempting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attempting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/wright-morris-25032_attempting_after-many-months-of-writing-it-occured_2437940.jpg) > [Writing has made me rich-not in money but in a couple hundred characters out there, whose pursuits and anguish and triumphs I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/writing-has-made-me-rich-not-in-money-but-in-a-couple-hundred/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Anguish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anguish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/740/wright-morris-25032_anguish_writing-has-made-me-rich-not-in-money-bu_2957657.png) > [The imagination made us human, but being human, becoming more human, is a greater burden than we imagined. We have no choice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/the-imagination-made-us-human-but-being-human-becoming-more-human-is/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Becoming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/becoming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f92/wright-morris-25032_becoming_the-imagination-made-us-human-but-being_1281040.png) > [As the style of Faulkner grew out of his rage--out of the impotence of his rage--the style of Hemingway grew out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/as-the-style-of-faulkner-grew-out-of-his-rage-out-of-the-impotence-of/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Depth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/depth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/wright-morris-25032_depth_as-the-style-of-faulkner-grew-out-of-his_1473133.png) > [Images proliferate. Am I wrong in being reminded of printing money in a period of wild inflation? Do we know what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/images-proliferate-am-i-wrong-in-being-reminded-of-printing-money-in/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/wright-morris-25032_able_images-proliferate-am-i-wrong-in-being-r_2978181.png) > [There's little to see, but things leave an impression. It's a matter of time and repetition. As something old wears thin or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/there-s-little-to-see-but-things-leave-an-impression-it-s-a-matter-of/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Brushes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brushes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/wright-morris-25032_brushes_there-s-little-to-see-but-things-leave-a_2037590.jpg) > [“Life, raw life, the kind we lead every day, whether it leads us into the past or the future, has the curious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wright-morris/life-raw-life-the-kind-we-lead-every-day-whether-it-leads-us-into-the/) [Wright Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/162/wright-morris-25032_art_life-raw-life-the-kind-we-lead-every-day_1586383.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wright-morris/#itemlist", "name": "Wright Morris Quotes", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The past is useless. 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