Jacob August Riis quotes

Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American journalist, social reformer, and photographer, famous for exposing the harsh living conditions of New York City's poor. His groundbreaking work, including the book "How the Other Half Lives," helped raise awareness about urban poverty and inspire social change. He became a pioneer in photojournalism and remains an influential figure in the history of social reform. Here are 5 of his quotes:

Look at a stone cutter 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 August Riis

The slum is the measure of civilization.

Jacob August Riis

When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it.

Jacob August Riis

The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense.

Jacob August Riis