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AUTHOR PROFILE
Jacob A. Riis
Jacob A. Riis is described in biographical records as an American photographer, journalist and activist (1849–1914) (1849–1914). The selections gathered here touch on character, morality. This profile brings the attributed quotations together with their available source information.
“Look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before.”— Jacob A. Riis
Biography at a glance
- Profile: American photographer, journalist and activist (1849–1914)
- Life: 1849–1914
- Quotes in this collection: 1
Life and work
Biographical records connect Jacob A. Riis with Ribe Katedralskole. Works associated with Jacob A. Riis include How the Other Half Lives and The Children of the Poor: A Child Welfare Classic. This collection includes one quotation credited to Jacob A. Riis. Each quotation page preserves its own citation, when supplied, so readers can follow the passage back to its stated context.
Reading the quotations
The selections gathered here touch on character, morality. These topic links make it easier to compare these words with other voices in the LDS Flow library. Citations are shown on the individual quotation pages where the source collection provided them.