“ We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory. Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ To photograph: it is to put on the same line of sight the head, the eye and the heart. Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ 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
“ Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ Photography is simultaneously and instantaneously the recognition of a fact and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that express and signify that fact Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. In order to "give a meaning" to… Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes forever the precise and transitory instant. We photographers deal in things that are continually vanishing, and when they have va… Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ To take photographs is to hold one's breath when all faculties converge in the face of fleeing reality. It is at that moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy.To ta… Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ I believe that, through the act of living, the discovery of oneself is made concurrently with the discovery of the world around us, which can mold us, but which can also be affected by us. A balance m… Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ 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
“ Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should? Henri Cartier-Bresson
“ It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us. Henri Cartier-Bresson
