Henri Cartier-Bresson - Photography Quotes

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

Henri Cartier-Bresson

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event as well as of a precise organization of forms which give that event its proper expression.

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Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes a precise moment in time.

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Photography is, for me, a spontaneous impulse coming from an ever attentive eye which captures the moment and its eternity.

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In photography you've got to be quick, quick, quick, like an animal and a prey.

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Photography appears to be an easy activity; in fact it is a varied and ambiguous process in which the only common denominator among its practitioners is in the instrument.

Henri Cartier-Bresson