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Ruth Bernhard Quotes

German - Photographer | October 14, 1905 - December 18, 2006

I never took a photograph. Instead, I became a good listener.

Good Never Photograph Listener Took

To raise, to elevate, to endorse with timeless reverence the image of woman has been my mission.

Woman Mission Elevate Image Timeless

I've always photographed beauty, but I've never been beautiful myself.

Beauty Beautiful Myself Never Always

I learned early on that if I was to get attention, I would have to be charming. Even the models I've photographed are often like that. Some of them are not beautiful. But, if you catch them in the right light, they glow.

Beautiful Light Attention You Early

When I was young, anywhere I would go in Germany, I would see my father's posters. Everyone knew about him. And he had many friends who were artists who were also quite famous. So, for me, it seemed very natural to be an artist and be known.

Father Me Famous Friends Artist Go

It seems a perfectly normal thing to be 95.

Normal Seems Thing Perfectly

I understood the craft of photography when done by an artist is art.

Art Photography Artist Done Craft

I have no regrets about my work. To be a photographer was a gift of the gods. I can't imagine anything that would have been better.

Work Gift Better Photographer Been

Everything I do is a metaphor of the universal order.

Everything Order Universal Metaphor

I think of the nudes as seed pods, like flowers or grasses. They are universal bodies.

Flowers Seed Think Universal Like

I always say yes to everything because I always feel that whatever comes my way, life meant for me.

Life Me Feel Say Way Everything

Photographs speak to me, and I obey.

Me Speak Obey Photographs

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