Best Photography Sayings

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Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen. — Robert Bresson
I found that photography was a great way of relaxing on the set. — Jeff Bridges
I just love the world of photography. — Brooke Burke
I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. — George Burns
So, I'm always around video games but I've always been interested in them from a visual perspective, with the graphic design and that whole thing.… — Sophia Bush
You know, my parents have always been incredibly supportive. I'm an only child, so we're very close. There's just the three of us. They're exceptional… — Sophia Bush
A completely disrespectful photographer was asked to stop taking photographs, and then said, 'I've got what I want. What are you going to do about… — Gabriel Byrne
I think that 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' was mentally taxing, if only because I had to go to a Christmas party shortly after I… — Nicolas Cage
If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough. — Robert Capa
It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one. — Robert Capa
I hope to stay unemployed as a war photographer till the end of my life. — Robert Capa
Being a celebrity you always get really good seats to sporting events but you never get as good seats as the photographers get. And I… — Drew Carey
But sports photography isn't something you just pick up overnight. You can't do it once a year for fun and expect to do a good… — Drew Carey
To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of… — 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… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
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… — 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… — 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… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv. — Henri Cartier-Bresson
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… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what… — Henri Cartier-Bresson

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