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Quotes from Conversation. Interview with Byron Dobell — Henri Cartier-Bresson

1908–2004 France

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I believe creative work needs communication. So it’s extremely encouraging to be with a group of people who form a community and to know that you’re not isolated, although as individuals we must always work in an inner silence.

Conversation. Interview with Byron Dobell (1957)

For me, the great myth is the Greek myth of Antaeus, who had to touch Earth to regain his strength. I know I must always keep in contact with the concrete, concrete reality, the small incident and the small, specific truth, which might have wide reverberations.

Conversation. Interview with Byron Dobell (1957)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henri Cartier-Bresson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.