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Quote by Berenice Abbott
What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of t

What the human eye observes causally and incuriously, the eye of the camera notes with relentless fidelity. – Berenice Abbott

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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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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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Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. – Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be. – Duane Michals

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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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The camera can photograph thought. Its better than a paragraph of sweet polemic. – Dirk Bogarde

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