"It is by great economy of means that……" — Henri Cartier-Bresson

It is by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity… - Henri Cartier-Bresson

"It is by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression."

— 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 veridic nose arrives everywhere a quarter of an hour before its master. Ten shoemakers, good round fat ones too,… — Cyrano de Bergerac
Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. — Elizabeth Bowen
Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but… — Barbara Holland
By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'. — Miguel de Cervantes
Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they… — Cornel West
There are strange moments in life when the mind rests without any kind of worries. When our mind is quiet,… — Samael Aun Weor
...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We… — Immanuel Kant
How interesting it would be to write the story of the experiences in this life of a man who killed… — Leo Tolstoy
Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity. — Samuel Johnson
Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks. — Jean Rhys
Some people do wait their whole lives for something, and it's only when that thing arrives that they find out… — Jane Smiley
Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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