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"I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I’ll be there until the last minute, fighting." 22nd AprilSource: Berenice Abbott+5 notesBerenice Abbottquoteswoman -
"To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves a better, a more selective, more acute seeing eye by looking ever more sharply at what is going on in the world." 15th MarchSource: Berenice Abbott+3 notesBerenice Abbottquoteswoman -
"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." 4th DecemberSource: Berenice Abott+12 notesBerenice Abbottquoteswoman -
"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." 29th OctoberSource: Berenice Abbott+7 notesBerenice Abbottquoteswoman -
"I didn’t decide to be a photographer; I just happened to fall into it." 17th SeptemberSource: Berenice Abbott+3 notesBerenice Abbottworkquotes -
"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." 3rd AugustSource: Berenice Abbot+5 notesBerenice Abbottquotesfeministphotography -
"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?" 10th JuneSource: Berenice Abbott+4 notesquoteBerenice Abbottfeminismfeministcreativity -
10th JuneWomen of the Day: Berenice Abbott, a photographer. Best known for her black and white images of NYC.
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