Henri Cartier-Bresson

In photography, the smallest thing can be a great subject. The little, human detail can become a Leitmotiv.

One mustn't wait for all the conditions to be perfect to take a shot.

Photography is nothing. It's life that interests me.

The camera is for life and for people, first and foremost.

I’m not interested in documenting; I’m interested in understanding.

And the little prince broke into a wonderful laugh which was a cascade of clear, ringing bells.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.

I suddenly understood that a photograph could fix eternity in an instant.

Freedom is the right to live as we wish.

In a portrait, you’re trying to find the silence in someone.

The photograph itself is a kind of life form.

One eye sees, the other feels.

Life is a process of invention.

The future is always a surprise.

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself.

I’m a kind of Marxist, but I’m not a communist.

The street is my laboratory.

Beauty is made up of everything that a person is.

Never forget that the first condition of a good photograph is to be there.