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Berenice Abbott Quotes

Berenice Abbott Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Berenice Abbott
Type:
Photographer
Nationality:
American
Birth day:
July 17
Birth year:
1898

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    Does not the very word 'creative' mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act - rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life - not death. Berenice-AbbottBerenice Abbott
  • 2
    I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it. Berenice-AbbottBerenice Abbott
  • 3
    Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself. Berenice-AbbottBerenice Abbott
  • 4
    Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. Berenice-AbbottBerenice Abbott
  • 5
    Photography helps people to see. Berenice-AbbottBerenice Abbott
  • 6
    The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is. Berenice-AbbottBerenice Abbott
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    The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In a word, I have tried to be objective. Berenice-AbbottBerenice Abbott
  • 8
    There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own. Berenice-AbbottBerenice Abbott