Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes

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 a great physical and intellectual joy.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: photographer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: August 22, 1908 - August 3, 2004

Topics

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The good news is in the record business, they only count your successes.

Jimmy Iovine

GoodBusinessGood NewsNewsCount

I find it a great antidote... lipstick and mirrors and hairspray.

Joanna Lumley

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On some sets, if a helicopter goes by, what would normally happen is that somebody would go, 'There's a helicopter. Stop.' I'd never stop for a helicopter. I am always trying to make sure that the machine is in service to the actors.

Jill Soloway

ServiceI AmTryingStopGoNever

If we continue to tolerate this level of poverty in our cities, and go along with eviction as commonplace in poor neighborhoods, it's not for a lack of resources. It will be a lack of something else.

Matthew Desmond

PovertyGoWillPoorResources

I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.

Tom Selleck

GoodStrongUpbringingReallyHad

The idea for 'Ballet Baby' started when I was going through my own pregnancy.

Mary Helen Bowers

BabyMy OwnThroughOwnGoingIdea

When Peter Gabriel left, we obviously lost a very strong stage performer. Phil hasn't replaced him; Phil's done a different thing.

Mike Rutherford

StrongLostDoneHimStageLeft

I've always been an avid reader. If I don't have a book in the car, I'll stop and pick one up just to have something to read. I don't even remember learning to read.

Janis Ian

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The crucial legacy of the personal computer is that anyone can write code for it and give or sell that code to you - and the vendors of the PC and its operating system have no more to say about it than your phone company does about which answering machine you decide to buy.

Jonathan Zittrain

LegacyYouPhoneSayPersonalWrite

It's an odd thing when there is a fan page for my daughter who is not yet 13.

Johnny Depp

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I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.

Donatella Versace

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The freedom of every artist is essential.

Christo

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