Photography appears to be an easy activity; in fact it is a varied and ambiguous process in which the only common denominator among its practitioners is in the instrument.
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-BressonI am a pack of nerves while waiting for the moment, and this feeling grows and grows and grows and then it explodes, it is a physical joy, a dance, space and time united. Yes, yes, yes, yes!
Henri Cartier-BressonPictures should never be posed. They are 'revealed' so must be accepted as they are. Left alone.
Henri Cartier-BressonHe made me suddenly realize that photographs could reach eternity through the moment.
Henri Cartier-BressonThe difference between a good picture and a mediocre picture is a question of millimeters - small, small differences - but itโs essential. I didnโt think there is such a big difference between photographers. Very little difference. But it is that little difference that counts, maybe
Henri Cartier-Bresson