Margaret Bourke-White Quotes
If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.
Quotes to Explore
-
The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
-
Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.
-
I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
-
If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'
-
I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
-
Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.
-
Pay attention to the big themes because that's what will help you earn ten times your money.
-
I want to be a major force.
-
I do tend to overdo everything.
-
The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and hopefully have something, then I wrestle with sounds and picture all day long. But the ideas usually come from a more obscure place, like a conversation with a director, a still somebody shows you, or whatever.
-
My mother always said don't marry for money, divorce for money.
-
Being in nature is very important to me. I'm not a glamour puss.
-
People come out of the mid-west and go to the Ivy League. I kind of reversed the direction.
-
It was fortunate in looking back for South Africa and its entire people that Mandela and I found it possible to work together even though big strains developed between us from time to time.
-
Career diversification ain't a bad thing.
-
I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
-
The entertainment industry is terrified of silence.
-
Because I'm a good girl, I tend to fall for the bad boy persona, and it ends up biting me in the butt. They end up not knowing how to treat me, and I end up completely devastated.
-
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
-
I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.
-
I'm an old guy. I don't hustle and I don't bustle. So sometimes you're behind, but that's okay. Your peace of mind is more important. I have seen the people who hustle and bustle, and they are already gone, at a young age. They could have enjoyed life.
-
If you want to photograph a man spinning, give some thought to why he spins. Understanding for a photographer is as important as the equipment he uses.
