Quotes from Dorothea Lange

You know there are moments such as these when time stands still and all you do is hold your breath and hope it will wait for you.

The words that come direct from the people are the greatest... If you substitute one out of your own vocabulary, it disappears before your eyes.

Ours is a time of the machine, and ours is a need to know that the machine can be put to creative human effort. If not, the machine can destroy us.

I trust my instincts. I don't distrust them. They haven't led me astray. It's when I've made up my mind to be efficient that is when I have gone wrong.

Being disabled gave me an immense advantage. People are kinder to you. It puts you on a different level than if you go into a situation whole and secure.

Surefire things are deadening to the human spirit.

I many times encountered courage, real courage. Undeniable courage. I've heard it said that that was the highest quality of the human animal. I encountered that many times, in unexpected places. And I have learned to recognize it when I see it.

One should really use the camera as though tomorrow you'd be stricken blind.

I believe in living with the camera, and not using the camera.

To me, beauty appears when one feels deeply, and art is an act of total attention.