“I believe there is no more creative medium than photography to recreate the living world of our time. Photography gladly accepts the challenge because it is at home in its element: namely, realism—real life—the now.”Berenice Abbott "Photography at the Crossroads," 1951.
“People say they have to express their emotions. I’m sick of that. Photography doesn’t teach you how to express your emotions; it teaches you how to see.”Berenice Abbott Art News, January 1981.
“Photography can never grow up if it imitates some other medium. It has to walk alone; it has to be itself.”Berenice Abbott "It Has to Walk Alone," Infinity magazine, 1951.