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The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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Henri Cartier-Bresson
Age: 95 †
Born: 1908
Born: August 22
Died: 2004
Died: January 1
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It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.
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Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.
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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.
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They ... asked me: 'How do you make your pictures?' I was puzzled ... I said, I don't know, it's not important.
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In whatever one does there must be a relationship between the eye and the heart.
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In order to give meaning to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what he frames. This attitude requires concentration, a discipline of mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry.
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...it is seldom indeed that a composition which was poor when the picture was taken can be improved by reshaping it in the dark room.
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In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody.
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You just have to live and life will give you pictures.
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I love painting. As far as photography is concerned, I understand nothing.
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It is by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.
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For the world is movement, and you cannot be stationary in your attitude toward something that is moving.
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The simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as the precise organization of forms which gives that event its proper expression... In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little human detail can become a leitmotif.
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I adore shooting photographs. It's like being a hunter. But some hunters are vegetarians - which is my relationship to photography.
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One eye looks within, the other eye looks without.
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Photography is simultaneously and instantaneously the recognition of a fact and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that express and signify that fact
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