It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.
Henri Cartier-BressonWith the one eye that is closed, one looks within, with the other eye that is open, one looks without.
Henri Cartier-BressonPhotography is, for me, a spontaneous impulse coming from an ever attentive eye which captures the moment and its eternity.
Henri Cartier-BressonI'm always amused by the idea that certain people have about technique, which translate into an immoderate taste for the sharpness of the image. It is a passion for detail, for perfection, or do they hope to get closer to reality with this trompe I'oeil? They are, by the way, as far away from the real issues as other generations of photographers were when they obscured their subject in soft-focus effects.
Henri Cartier-Bresson