I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art.
Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.
Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.
To see life. To see the world. To watch the faces of the poor, and the gestures of the proud. To see strange things. Machines, armies, multitudes, and shadows in the jungle. To see, and to take pleasure in seeing. To see and be instructed. To see and be amazed. (Describing the powers of photography; written for the launch of LIFE Magazine, 1936. )
The world of the 20th century, if it is to come to life in any viability of health and vigor, must be to a significant degree an American century.
Not much longer shall we have time for reading lessons of the past. An inexorable present calls us to the defense of a great future.
The last thing that man will understand in nature is the performance of his brain.
I have incredible motivation to go out and improve every day.
Cage the People, Free the Money. The only thing that is allowed to move freely - unimpeded - around the world today is money. . . capital.
Now that I knew fear, I also knew it was not permanent. As powerful as it was, its grip on me would loosen. It would pass.