Top 26 Quotes by Ruth Bernhard

My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify, and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity.

I was a very, very careful printer when I used 8-by-10 film. I probably spent more time on printing than anything else. The more the prints were appreciated, the more time I spent on them.

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 feel that everything has to come from the heart, and it cannot come from the intellect.

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

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

Everything I do is a metaphor of the universal order.

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

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

To indicate the ideal proportion and reveal sculptural mass and the dominating spirit is my goal.