Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes

Whatever may be thought of my art, it is my own; and I would rather possess a freehold, though but a cottage, than live in a palace belonging to another.

You don't need a framework. You need a painting, not a frame.

All I'm for is the liberty of the individual.

Why shouldn't I do what I want to do... I'm an American citizen.

If you have rules, you let creativity sleep.

What I'm really interested in is freedom.

I like independence, I like creating my own world, not being in a system. There are more possibilities, I think.

When you are not free, you are not creating; you are being created.

It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting myself, such as putting myself in a little jail that I can escape from.

If you want to sing out, sing out, and if you want to be free, be free, cause there's a million ways to be, you know that there are.

I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.

Our work is a scream of freedom.

My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.

Liberty is not collective. It is personal.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty

There is but one special interest that we should be working for, and that would solve just about all of our problems, and that is our liberty.

… not to destroy individualism but to protect it

America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.

Atlanta has become and has always been a place where you create your own universe.

We wanted the freedom to be playful, to experiment and do what we felt like doing, but we were heavily affected by the success that the first record gave us.

It feels good to create, and to actually have input, and your choices are your choices.

You either respect people's liberties, or you don't.

Freedom does not mean being free of something, but to be free to do something.