One has to tiptoe lightly and steal up to one's quarry; you don't swish the water when you are fishing.
Henri Cartier-BressonFreedom for me is a strict frame, and inside that frame are all the variations possible.
Henri Cartier-BressonThey ... asked me: 'How do you make your pictures?' I was puzzled ... I said, I don't know, it's not important.
Henri Cartier-BressonIt is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.
Henri Cartier-BressonThe only thing which completely was an amazement to me and brought me to photography was the work of Munkacsi. When I saw the photograph of Munkacsi of the black kids running in a wave, I couldn't believe such a thing could be caught with the camera. I said, 'Damn it', I took my camera and went out into the street.
Henri Cartier-Bresson