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.
Margaret Bourke-WhiteA book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share.
Margaret Bourke-WhiteWe are in a privileged and sometimes happy position. We see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.
Margaret Bourke-WhiteEven while you're in dead earnest about your work, you must approach it with a feeling of freedom and joy; you must be loose-jointed, like a relaxed athlete.
Margaret Bourke-White