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The Key to Everything

The key to everything is patience.
You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.
– Arnold Glasow

Afghanistan
Samye Monastery, Drananang, Tibet
Aranyaprathet, Thailand

Waiting doesn’t seem like an act, but the lack of action;  however,
the decision to be patient and willing to wait is an act of courage and perseverance.

Rajasthan, India


Kumbh Mela Festival, Allahabad, India.

A person who is a master of patience is master of everything else.
– George Savile

Tokyo, Japan

Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things – of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires. 
– Sheri L. Dew

Sanaa, Yemen

 Patience is the companion of wisdom.
– St. Augustine

Zagreb, Croatia
Dublin, Ireland

So much of adolescence is an ill-defined dying, 
An intolerable waiting,
A longing for another place and time,
Another condition.
– Theodore Roethke

The Old Delhi Train Station, India
Ahmedabad, India

Endurance is patience concentrated.
– Thomas Carlyle

Berlin Wall, Germany
Cape Town, South Africa

Of all the hardships a person had to face, none was more punishing than the simple act of waiting.
-Khaled Hosseini,  A Thousand Splendid Suns

Myanmar
Kolkata, India

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.
– Virgil

Howrah Station, Kolkata, India
Sichuan Provence, China

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.
– French Proverb

By Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry has been one of the most iconic voices in contemporary photography for more than thirty years, with scores of magazine and book covers, over a dozen books, and countless exhibitions around the world to his name.

To read more about Steve go to www.stevemccurry.com/bio

23 replies on “The Key to Everything”

Waiting doesn’t seem like an act, but the lack of action; however,
the decision to be patient and willing to wait is an act of courage and perseverance.

This is so true in this pandemic too.

Thank you for your amazing pictures and for the patience it will have taken to capture these images. Thank you for sharing your gift with us.

Your work is the light which makes every moment of life so meaningful. The lessons through your priceless works give solace to the soul and inspire to act amidst all adversities. This series is so significant and thought-provoking Sir! ❤🙏🏻🙏🏻

Loved the photographs as always–but so tickled to see the Sheri Dew quote. She’s one of my favorite people.

Thank you so much for making your work so accessible! You constantly post on social media! I saw this on your story on Instagram and it really motivates me to make more of the content/ photography I want to do! You inspire me and I am forever grateful!

Any amount of waiting for Steve McCurry blog is worth its while. Each photo is worth a thousand words and the accompanying words of wisdom are a bonus!

Studying your photographs has taught me many things, but among the most important are: 1. Show your audience something they haven’t seen before, or wouldn’t be able to see otherwise, or something familiar in a way they have never seen it. And, 2. Have the ability to see when a great picture COULD happen, and then have the patience to wait until it appears. And then take the shot. #1 is something difficult to achieve, for those of us who live in the west and are not able to travel to ‘exotic’ locations; but #2 is a skill any photographer who aspires to take great pictures can and should cultivate…..it just takes patience.

Many thanks for sharing your pictures and wisdom so freely- John Vigran, Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany.

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