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Me Quotes by Henri Cartier-Bresson
- To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.
- The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.
- 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…
- Photography is, for me, a spontaneous impulse coming from an ever attentive eye which captures the moment and its eternity.
- This recognition, in real life, of a rhythm of surfaces, lines, and values is for me the essence of photography; composition should be a constant…
- Photography has not changed since its origin except in its technical aspects, which for me are not important.
- Photography is nothing-it's life that interests me.
- Freedom for me is a strict frame, and inside that frame are all the variations possible.
- 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…
- He made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity through the moment.
- Only a fraction of the camera's possibilities interests me - the marvelous mixture of emotion and geometry, together in a single instant.
- 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…
- They ... asked me: 'How do you make your pictures?' I was puzzled ... I said, I don't know, it's not important.
- The only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph…
- For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale