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Minor White Quotes: When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was a mirror of my Self.
         

When I looked at things for what they are I was fool enough to persist in my folly and found that each photograph was a mirror of my Self.


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When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously.

When gifts are given to me through my camera, I accept them graciously.



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One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.



No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen.



When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.

When you approach something to photograph it, first be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence. Then don't leave until you have captured its essence.



I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice.

I'm always mentally photographing everything as practice.



All photographs are self-portraits.

All photographs are self-portraits.



One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but 'for what else it is.

One does not photograph something simply for 'what it is', but 'for what else it is.



At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.

At first glance a photograph can inform us. At second glance it can reach us.



Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.

Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.



If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me.

If all your life means to you is water running over rocks, then photograph it, but I want to create something that would not have existed without me.





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