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Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever Picture Quote #1

Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience Picture Quote #1

Life is once. Forever Picture Quote #1

Give me inspiration over information Picture Quote #1

We must respect the atmosphere which surrounds the human being Picture Quote #1

I suddenly understood that photography can fix eternity in a moment. It is the only photo that influenced me. There is such intensity in this image, such spontaneity, such joie de vivre, such miraculousness, that even today it still bowls me over Picture Quote #1

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Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn’t go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick Picture Quote #1

To take photographs is putting one’s head, one’s eye, and one’s heart on the same axis Picture Quote #1

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one’s own originality. It’s a way of life Picture Quote #1

Pictures should never be posed. They are ‘revealed’ so must be accepted as they are. Left alone Picture Quote #1

The world is being created every minute, and the world is falling to pieces every minute Picture Quote #1

It’s seldom you make a great picture. you have to milk the cow quite a lot to get plenty of milk to make a little cheese Picture Quote #1

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Inside movement there is one moment in which the elements are in balance. Photography must seize the importance of this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it Picture Quote #1

I adore shooting photographs. It’s like being a hunter. But some hunters are vegetarians - which is my relationship to photography Picture Quote #1

Thinking should be done before and after, not during photographing. Success depends on the extent of one’s general culture. one’s set of values, one’s clarity of mind one’s vivacity. The thing to be feared most is the artificially contrived, the contrary to life Picture Quote #1

Time runs and flows and only our death succeeds in catching up with it. Photography is a blade which, in eternity, impales the dazzling moment Picture Quote #1

It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head Picture Quote #1

I am a visual man. I watch, watch, watch. I understand things through my eyes Picture Quote #1

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$To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one’s head, one’s eye and one’s heart on the same axis Picture Quote #1$

Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed as the event. During the work, you have to be sure that you haven’t left any holes, that you’ve captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late Picture Quote #1

Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn’t go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick Picture Quote #1

The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt Picture Quote #1

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv Picture Quote #1

During the work, you have to be sure that you haven’t left any holes, that you’ve captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late Picture Quote #1

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Actually, I’m not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I’m not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren’t cooks Picture Quote #1

Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes Picture Quote #1

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box Picture Quote #1

Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst Picture Quote #1

To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy Picture Quote #1

Photography is like fencing. You must keep your distance, wait, and then thrust Picture Quote #1

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Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Life is once. Forever (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Give me inspiration over information (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) We must respect the atmosphere which surrounds the human being (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) I suddenly understood that photography can fix eternity in a moment. It is the only photo that influenced me. There is such intensity in this image, such spontaneity, such joie de vivre, such miraculousness, that even today it still bowls me over (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn’t go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick. (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) To take photographs is putting one’s head, one’s eye, and one’s heart on the same axis (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one’s own originality. It’s a way of life (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Pictures should never be posed. They are ‘revealed’ so must be accepted as they are. Left alone (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) The world is being created every minute, and the world is falling to pieces every minute (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) It’s seldom you make a great picture. you have to milk the cow quite a lot to get plenty of milk to make a little cheese (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Inside movement there is one moment in which the elements are in balance. Photography must seize the importance of this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) I adore shooting photographs. It’s like being a hunter. But some hunters are vegetarians - which is my relationship to photography. (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Thinking should be done before and after, not during photographing. Success depends on the extent of one’s general culture. one’s set of values, one’s clarity of mind one’s vivacity. The thing to be feared most is the artificially contrived, the contrary to life (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Time runs and flows and only our death succeeds in catching up with it. Photography is a blade which, in eternity, impales the dazzling moment. (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) I am a visual man. I watch, watch, watch. I understand things through my eyes (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one’s head, one’s eye and one’s heart on the same axis (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed as the event. During the work, you have to be sure that you haven’t left any holes, that you’ve captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn’t go too fast. The subject must forget about you. Then, however, you must be very quick (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin of a person and his shirt (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) During the work, you have to be sure that you haven’t left any holes, that you’ve captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Actually, I’m not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I’m not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren’t cooks (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes) Photography is like fencing. You must keep your distance, wait, and then thrust (Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes)

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