"To take photographs means to recognize - simultaneously and within a fraction of a second - both the fact itself and the rigorous organization of visually perceived forms that give it meaning. It is putting one's head, one's eye and one's heart on the same axis."

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Source : Henri Cartier-Bresson, Michael L. Sand (1999). “The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers”

Henri Cartier-Bresson

#Photography Quotes #Mean Quotes #Eye Quotes

“She loved him absolutely, perhaps for half an hour.”
“They [potatoes] are good for boys cold fingers at suppertime on winter nights.”
“Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.”

Source : Irving Layton (1969). “The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes”
“The difference between Socrates and Jesus is that no one had ever been put to death in Socrates' name. And that is because Socrates' ideas were never made law. Law, in whatever name, protects privilege.”
“I work like a gardener.”
“Every rumor is believed against the unfortunate.”
“Everyone must feel that he is the supreme arbiter of his own [destiny], that no power on earth shall rise over him, that he is and always shall be sovereign of himself and all relating to his individuality. Then only shall all men realize security of person and property.”
“Idealism is a fuel for living, and there is an absolute efficiency about how it motivates and propels us.”

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