Quotes by Margaret Bourke-White

“Work is something you can count on, a trusted, lifelong friend who never deserts you.”

“Saturate yourself with your subject and the camera will all but take you by the hand.”

“The beauty of the past belongs to the past.”

“Only by his action can a man make (himself/his life) whole . . . . You are responsible for what you have done and the people whom you have influenced.”

“Usually I object when someone makes overmuch of mens work versus womens work, for I think it is the excellence of the results which counts.”

“War correspondents . . . see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.”

I was to discover that the quest for human understanding is a lifetime one that has no end in sight.

The very secret of life for me, I believed, was to maintain in the midst of rushing events an inner tranquility.

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

If you banish fear nothing terribly bad can happen to you.

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.