For me the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. In order to "give a meaning" to the world, one has to feel oneself involved in what one frames through the viewfinder. This attitude requires concentration, a discipline of the mind, sensitivity, and a sense of geometry. Henri CartierBresson
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  3. Having a camera is not enough. You must understand, appreciate, and harness the power you hold! - Mark Denman
  4. When your heart jumps every time your camera locks focus... You've become a photographer. - Mark Denman
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More Quotes By Henri CartierBresson
  1. Your first 10, 000 photographs are your worst.
  2. It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.
  3. Reality offers us such wealth that we must cut some of it out on the spot, simplify. The question is, do we always cut out what we should? ­
  4. We photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing, and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. We cannot develop and print a memory.
  5. Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again.
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