Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes: One has to tiptoe lightly and steal up to one's quarry; you don't swish the water when you are fishing.
         

One has to tiptoe lightly and steal up to one's quarry; you don't swish the water when you are fishing.


Henri Cartier-Bresson
Check all other quotes by Henri Cartier-Bresson

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 28 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/One-has-to-tiptoe-lightly-and-steal-643716>.





Check out


Other quotes of Henri Cartier-Bresson


It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.

It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.



One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.

One eye of the photographer looks wide open through the viewfinder, the other, the closed looks into his own soul.



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

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



Sharpness is a bourgeois concept

Sharpness is a bourgeois concept



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

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



Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.

Photography is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It's a way of life.



For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.

For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity.



Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.

Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.



Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.



You just have to live and life will give you pictures.

You just have to live and life will give you pictures.





Other quotes you may like



I finally believed it was actually a beautiful thing to be unique and to be different.

I finally believed it was actually a beautiful thing to be unique and to be different.



Man in Canadian art is rarely in command of his environment or ever at home in it.

Man in Canadian art is rarely in command of his environment or ever at home in it.



By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.

By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.



I'm on a team with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, and they both dress well. It gets competitive. If I don't bring my A game, they're going to outshine me.

I'm on a team with LeBron James and Chris Bosh, and they both dress well. It gets competitive. If I don't bring my A game, they're going to outshine me.



Love can be used to drain people. Through eye contact people send a cord out to drain you long distance. Through sexual manipulation, anyone who can make you like them can drain you.

Love can be used to drain people. Through eye contact people send a cord out to drain you long distance. Through sexual manipulation, anyone who can make you like them can drain you.



I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless 'scandal' and the subsequent parodies.

I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless 'scandal' and the subsequent parodies.



I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.

I played an artist in a comedy called 'Rooster.' It was a zany film by Glen Larson, a friend who produced several successful television series including 'Magnum PI.



We think about sitting in a space and hearing some music by having our ears pointed forward towards the musicians sitting opposite us. I'm really not following that paradigm at all.

We think about sitting in a space and hearing some music by having our ears pointed forward towards the musicians sitting opposite us. I'm really not following that paradigm at all.



I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor.

I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "One has to tiptoe lightly and steal up to one's quarry; you don't swish the water when you are fishing.". Author of this quote is Henri Cartier-Bresson. This quote is about fishing, photography, quarry, water,.