Composition Quote by Ernst Haas

Inside movement there is one moment in which the elements are in balance. Photography must seize the importance of this moment and hold immobile…

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

When I see these primitive effects coming into my pictures subconsciously, even though the perspective may be slightly out, I leave them in if…

— E. J. Hughes

There are only two hard things in photography; which way to point the camera and when to release the shutter.

— Ralph Steiner

If you look at most photography, especially the pictures that grab you, they are not objective at all. Sometimes gut wrenching and sometimes lovely,…

— John Filo

Photography is like fencing. You must keep your distance, wait, and then thrust.

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

I pay a lot of attention to composition in my art, and I will often shift myself or change a pose according to the…

— Sasha Pivovarova

Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.

— Yousuf Karsh

It’s not when you press the shutter, but why you press the shutter.

— Mary Ellen Mark

You must photograph where you are involved; where you are overwhelmed by what you see before you; where you hold your breath while releasing…

— Harold Feinstein

I do not understand what makes me take a picture. Cartier-Bresson talks about the decisive moment, the necessity to function with lynx eyes and…

— Graciela Iturbide

Sometimes I photograph without looking through the viewfinder. I have mastered that well enough, it is almost as if I were looking through it.

— Josef Koudelka

Photography is a distributive act leading to a privileged condition.

— Frederick Sommer