Pictures are wasted unless the motive power which impelled you to action is strong and stirring.
Berenice AbbottThe photograph may be presented as finely and artistically as you will; but to merit serious consideration, must be directly connected with the world we live in.
Berenice AbbottLike every other means of expression, photography, if it is to be utterly honest and direct, should be related to the life of the times - the pulse of today.
Berenice AbbottI wanted to combine science and photography in a sensible, unemotional way. Some people’s ideas of scientific photography is just arty design, something pretty. That was not the idea. The idea was to interpret science sensibly, with good proportion, good balance and good lighting, so we could understand it.
Berenice Abbott