45 Quotes by Margaret Bourke-White

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

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

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.

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

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

The beauty of the past belongs to the past.

A kind of golden hour one remembers for a life time... Everything was touched with magic.

I have never forgotten a picture that I ever made.

I have always thought that if I could turn back the pages of history and photograph one man, my choice would be Moses.