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In every photographer there is something of a stroller.
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 by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.
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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.
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Nobody takes photographs, photographs take you.
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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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It is the photo that takes you. One must not take photos.
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Everyone has got some preconceptions, but you have to readjust them in front of reality. Reality has the last word.
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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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One eye looks within, the other eye looks without.
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It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.
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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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