I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.
Margaret Bourke-WhiteUsually I object when someone makes over-much of men's work versus women's work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.
Margaret Bourke-WhiteA kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time... Everything was touched with magic.
Margaret Bourke-WhiteTo understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.
Margaret Bourke-WhiteThe 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-White