Author: Ruth Bernhard

Quotes

If I have chosen the female form in particular, it is because beauty has been debased and exploited in our sensual 20th century.

If I have chosen the female form in particular, it is because beauty has been debased and exploited in our sensual 20th century.

- Ruth Bernhard

I feel that is more important than my work, the influence I have on my students.

I feel that is more important than my work, the influence I have on my students.

- Ruth Bernhard

Seeing comes from the inside, from the heart, from life's experiences.

Seeing comes from the inside, from the heart, from life's experiences.

- Ruth Bernhard

I allowed life to give me presents. And everything just sort of happened the way it was supposed to happen. I did not pursue anything. It more or less pursued me.

I allowed life to give me presents. And everything just sort of happened the way it was supposed to happen. I did not pursue anything. It more or less pursued me.

- Ruth Bernhard

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

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

- Ruth Bernhard

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.

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.

- Ruth Bernhard

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

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

- Ruth Bernhard

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

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

- Ruth Bernhard

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