Berenice Abbott Quotes
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Berenice Abbott Quotes
- Name:
- Berenice Abbott
- Type:
- Photographer
- Nationality:
- American
- Birth day:
- July 17
- Birth year:
- 1898
- 1
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 Abbott
- 2
I didn't decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it. Berenice Abbott
- 3
Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself. Berenice Abbott
- 4
Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past. Berenice Abbott
- 5
Photography helps people to see. Berenice Abbott
- 6
The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is. Berenice Abbott
- 7
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 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 Abbott