Quote by Berenice Abbott
I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do a

I took to photography like a duck to water. I never wanted to do anything else. Excitement about the subject is the voltage which pushes me over the mountain of drudgery necessary to produce the final photograph. – Berenice Abbott

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Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone it has to be itself. – Berenice Abbott

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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 Abbott

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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

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A photograph is usually looked at — seldom looked into. – Ansel Adams

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I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do — that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse. – Diane Arbus

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There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs. – Ansel Adams

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I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it. – Author Unknown

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