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> [The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/the-camera-is-no-more-an-instrument-of-preservation-the-image-is/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

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## More by Berenice Abbott

> [The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/the-camera-is-no-more-an-instrument-of-preservation-the-image-is/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [The challenge for me has first been to see things as they are, whether a portrait, a city street, or a bouncing ball. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/the-challenge-for-me-has-first-been-to-see-things-as-they-are-whether/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/to-chart-a-course-one-must-have-a-direction-in-reality-the-eye-is-no/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [Self-conscious artiness is fatal, but it certainly would not hurt to study composition in general. Having a basic understanding of composition would help construct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/self-conscious-artiness-is-fatal-but-it-certainly-would-not-hurt-to/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/to-chart-a-course-one-must-have-a-direction-in-reality-the-eye-is-no-2/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [None. They should just go out and photograph and stop talking about it. That's the only way they are going to find themselves. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/none-they-should-just-go-out-and-photograph-and-stop-talking-about-it/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera... notes with relentless fidelity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/what-the-human-eye-observes-casually-and-incuriously-the-eye-of-the/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/there-are-many-teachers-who-could-ruin-you-before-you-know-it-you/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [Abstraction in photography is ridiculous, and is only an imitation of painting. We stopped imitating painters a hundred years ago, so to imitate them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/abstraction-in-photography-is-ridiculous-and-is-only-an-imitation-of/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [I have yet to see a fine photograph which is not a good document.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/i-have-yet-to-see-a-fine-photograph-which-is-not-a-good-document/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [Like every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/like-every-other-means-of-expression-photography-if-it-is-to-be/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [I wanted to combine science and photography in a sensible, unemotional way. Some people’s ideas of scientific photography is just arty design, something pretty.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/i-wanted-to-combine-science-and-photography-in-a-sensible-unemotional/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/photography-can-only-represent-the-present-once-photographed-the/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [What the human eye observes casually and incuriously, the eye of the camera (the lens) notes with relentless fidelity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/what-the-human-eye-observes-casually-and-incuriously-the-eye-of-the-2/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

> [Let us first say what photography is not. A photograph is not a painting, a poem, a symphony, a dance. It is not just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/berenice-abbott/let-us-first-say-what-photography-is-not-a-photograph-is-not-a/)

[Berenice Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/berenice-abbott/)

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