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"Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation."

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French Photographer

Reaction, Meditation, Photography

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"Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation."

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"To me, photography is the simultaneous recognition, in a fraction of a second, of the significance of an event."

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"To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy."

"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."

"The photograph itself doesn't interest me. I want only to capture a minute part of reality."

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"During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late."

"Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation."

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

Detail, Photography

"Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes."

"The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box."

"Memory is very important, the memory of each photo taken, flowing at the same speed as the event. During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late."

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"To react is one's choice."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Congratulations, he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mix of awe and disbelief. "Ever."

Patrick Rothfuss, Australian Athlete

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"The weaker mind reacts."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Mind easily mesmerized when frightened."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!"

William Pitt, British Leader

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"Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation."

Henri Cartier-Bresson, French Photographer

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"Action triggers reaction. An object somehow responds when we observe it.We just assume that we do objective. In fact, unconsciously we only want to see some parts of the object which do not evoke the bitter memories of our past."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"It was Orwellian. I completely disappeared, and disappeared the same day. It was by early that evening when the Times story ran. That was an overreaction. All human beings under pressure behave poorly."

Gregg Easterbrook, American Author

Reaction, Day, Evening, Pressure

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