C’est tout le temps de la chance, il n’y a que ça. Il n’y a que le
chance qui compte, il faut être disponible, c’est tout. . . . Quand on
veut, on n’obtient rien, il ne faut pas vouloir. Il faut être
disponible, puis là ça vient. (Henri Cartier Bresson)
Photography, like life, is a matter of faith – and percipience.
Photography, like life, is a matter of faith – and percipience.
“The sense of sight enjoys being surprised. . . . It’s the
same law which governs humor. Only the unexpected sally makes you laugh.”
“In my opinion to search means nothing in painting. To find
is the thing. Nobody is interested in following a man who, with his eyes fixed
on the ground, spends his life looking for the pocketbook that fortune put in
his path. The one who finds something . . . even if his intention were not to
search for it, at least arouses our curiosity, if not our admiration. . . .
When I paint, my object is to show what I have found and not
what I am looking for.”
(Picasso)
Which gives the lie to the idea that mere hard work will find its
reward and that success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Like it or
not, inspiration is a matter of grace, a happy accident, an unlooked-for gift.
He who hath eyes, let him see.
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