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Documentary Quotes by Walker Evans
- That’s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind.
- What I believe is really good in the so-called documentary approach to photography is the addition of lyricism.[this quality] is usually produced unconsciously and even…
- I'm sometimes called a 'documentary photographer' but... a man operating under that definition could take a sly pleasure in the disguise. Very often I'm doing…
- Documentary: That’s a sophisticated and misleading word. And not really clear… The term should be documentary style… You see, a document has use, whereas art…
More Documentary Quotes
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- Fear is not a word in my football documentary. — Jose Mourinho
- Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to… — Brian De Palma
- The picture is not a documentary, ... It's a drama that has to be crafted. Reality is not art. You have to… — Mark Rydell
- Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary. — Stephanie Coontz
- Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary… — Ethan Hawke
- I've always been interested in how to present something that relates to our reality - which is not really... I don't even… — Gus Van Sant
- And in reality, I don't think it's a real documentary. It's more a story of her life. It's a story of survival.… — Maximilian Schell