David Burnett Quotes
Do not settle for easy. Do not settle for that first image. Craft it, work it, and make something more out of it. And finally, don't forget that the biggest joy in photography is making pictures of those things in your own life.
Quotes to Explore
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Being well-dressed is a wonderful thing, but I don't think it should be life threatening.
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I'm not the sort of person who wants to live my life doing just one thing. I like to go around and do as many things as possible.
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Many women, sometime in their life, are going to get to a point where they have to admit infidelity.
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To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.
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Working out should be a key part of your life but not your whole life. When it is all a man could talk about, it becomes too much.
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When you discover first love as a teenager, your whole life revolves around it and you open yourself up to it.
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The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.
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I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.
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In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.
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I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.
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Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.
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Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
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Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.
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We cannot always control everything that happens to us in this life, but we can control how we respond. Many struggles come as problems and pressures that sometimes cause pain. Others come as temptations, trials, and tribulations.
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A lot of things that happen in the world make me a bit crazy.
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.
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In centenarians and supercentenarians - people over 110 - you see a higher level of fecundity much later in life.
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Life is wonderful beautiful journey. Every episode of my life is like a dream, and I am at peace and happy with what life has given me.
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I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living.
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In the deep, unwritten wisdom of life there are many things to be learned that cannot be taught. We never know them by hearing them spoken, but we grow into them by experience and recognize them through understanding. Understanding is a great experience in itself, but it does not come through instruction.
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When I got the audition for 'Big Little Lies,' I knew this project was going to be different than anything I'd ever done. That didn't change the way I approached the role.
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Desire is the very essence of man.
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Growing up in North Carolina, my mom was always just sort of my mom to me. I never really recognized her as a famous actress. I'm always thrilled when she's cleaning out her closet. Last time, I got a pair of boots that she bought in Paris 20 years ago. I have completely worn them out.
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Do not settle for easy. Do not settle for that first image. Craft it, work it, and make something more out of it. And finally, don't forget that the biggest joy in photography is making pictures of those things in your own life.
