"In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence…" — Henri Cartier-Bresson

"In a portrait, I’m looking for the silence in somebody."

— Henri Cartier-Bresson

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98 Quotes by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson has 98 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event.
To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself…
To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment…
Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.
The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality.
Think about the photo before and after, never during. The secret is to take your time. You mustn't go too…
Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which…
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level…
Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that…
In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.
The most difficult thing for me is a portrait. You have to try and put your camera between the skin…
Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not…

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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