The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus … - Margaret Bourke-White

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I had always wanted to be on SNL, it's not always great, but it's this leftover childhood dream.

Margaret Bourke-White

The element of discovery is very important. I don't repeat myself well. I want and need that stimulus of walking forward from one new world to another. There is something demoralizing about going back to a place to retake pictures. You can no longer see your subjects in a fresh eye; you keep comparing them with the pictures you hold in your memory. [The] world was full of discoveries waiting to be made. . . (as a photographer) I could share the things I saw and learned. . . you would react to something all others might walk by.

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Life wanted faces that would express what we wanted to tell. Not just the unusual or striking face, but the face that would speak out the message from the printed page. I am always looking for some typical person or face that will tie the picture essay together in a human way.

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Photography is a very subtle thing. You must let the camera take you by the hand, as it were, and lead you into your subject.

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To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

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The camera is a remarkable instrument. Saturate yourself with your subject, and the camera will all but take you by the hand and point the way.

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A burning purpose attracts others who are drawn along with it and help fulfill it.

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