"I wanted so much to write that I…" — Walker Evans

I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word. - Walker Evans

"I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word."

— Walker Evans

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26 Quotes by Walker Evans

Walker Evans has 26 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It's easy to photograph light reflecting from a surface, the truly hard part is capturing the light in the air.
The meaning of quality in photography's best pictures lies written in the language of vision. That language is learned by…
Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography…
Somewhere in our search for reality we have passed something by, something important that we no longer find amid the…
It is the way to educate your eye and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop.
With the camera, it's all or nothing. You either get what you're after at once, or what you do has…
That’s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind.
Nobody should touch a Polaroid [camera] until he's over sixty
What I believe is really good in the so-called documentary approach to photography is the addition of lyricism.[this quality] is…
Science has discovered much. The engineering is wonderful, epicycles and all. And yet, as we look at this vast, elaborate…
I used to try to figure out precisely what I was seeing all the time, until I discovered I didn't…
Science has rolled its war wagons over the crushed myths of so many religious beliefs. It has marshaled its mechanics…

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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