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Quote by Berenice Abbott

“I am so fascinated with this century it will help keep me alive. I'll be there until the last minute, fighting.”

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Berenice Abbott was an American photographer born on July 17, 1898, and died on December 9, 1991. She is renowned for her photographs of urban landscapes in the United States, especially her works depicting New York City. more

“I used to have this notion when I was a kid that the minute you said anything, it was no longer true. Of course it would have driven me crazy very rapidly if I hadn't dropped it, but there's something similar in what I'm trying to say. That once it's been done, you want to go someplace else. There's just some sense of straining.”

Ifs Want Trying Said Done Kids Used Courses Crazy Minutes Notion Photographer Driven

Author:Diane Arbus

“The Chinese have a theory that you pass through boredom into fascination and I think it's true. I would never choose a subject for what it means to me or what I think about it. You've just got to choose a subject - and what you feel about it, what it means, begins to unfold if you just plain choose a subject and do it enough.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Mean Enough Subjects Theory Photographer Chinese Boredom Fascination

Book:El bosque de los elegidos: escrito en homenaje a Diane Arbus

Source: El bosque de los elegidos: escrito en homenaje a Diane Arbus

“I'm very little drawn to photographing people that are known or even subjects that are known. They fascinate me when I've barely heard of them.”

People Littles Known Heard Subjects Photographer

Author:Diane Arbus

“The camera is cruel, so I try to be as good as I can to make things even.”

Trying I Can Cameras Photographer

Author:Diane Arbus

“Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe.”

People Way Needs Looks Photographer Appearance One Way Another Way

Book:Diane Arbus: revelations

Source: Diane Arbus: revelations

“I believe that you've got to love your work so much that it is all you want to do.”

Want Believe I Believe Love You Photographer Love Your Work

Author:Richard Avedon

“It's in trying to direct the traffic between Artiface [sic] and Candor, without being run over, that I'm confronted with the questions about photography that matter most to me.”

Trying Matter Running Photography Direct Photographer Traffic Candor

Author:Richard Avedon

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