#1 Never Get Used to Anything. Ruth Bernhard More Quotes by Ruth Bernhard More Quotes From Ruth Bernhard I never took a photograph. Instead, I became a good listener. Ruth Bernhard took never good photograph I look at ordinary objects, and I see things that other people don't see. That's why I'm a photographer. Ruth Bernhard things see look people 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. Ruth Bernhard me friends artist father It seems a perfectly normal thing to be 95. Ruth Bernhard perfectly thing normal seems I'm no snapshot artist. I make very careful choices always, even if I'm using a 35mm camera. Ruth Bernhard camera always choices artist 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. Ruth Bernhard anything more appreciated time Everything I do is a metaphor of the universal order. Ruth Bernhard everything universal metaphor order I think of the nudes as seed pods, like flowers or grasses. They are universal bodies. Ruth Bernhard seed flowers like think Photographs speak to me, and I obey. Ruth Bernhard photographs obey me speak I feel that is more important than my work, the influence I have on my students. Ruth Bernhard feel influence important work Seeing comes from the inside, from the heart, from life's experiences. Ruth Bernhard inside seeing heart life