Henri Cartier-Bresson Quotes

We die only once, and for such a long time.

Death is like taking an intermission when you can't come back. I like living and being around.

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise.

Beauty is a precious trace that eternity causes to appear to us and that it takes away from us. A manifestation of eternity, and a sign of death as well.

Life is but a moment, death also is but another.

Beauty is everlasting And dust is for a time.

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

That could stay, not forever, because we believe that nothing exists that is forever, not even the dinosaurs, but if well maintained, it could remain for four to five thousand years. And that is definitely not forever.

Life is short, and, once somebody is gone, they're gone.

Everything comes to an end.

Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe; a moment that never was before and never will be again.

There's no such thing as forever.

Long life, and short, are by death made all one; for there is no long, nor short, to things that are no more.

A human life is just a heartbeat in heaven.

One never took the time to savour the details; one said: another day, but always with the hidden knowledge that each day was unique and fatal, that there never would be a return, another time.

What makes life valuable is that it doesn't last forever.

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'

Among all the vicissitudes of life, which vary in each individual's experience, there is one event which sooner or later comes to everyone - Death!

Time stays, we go.

No one is guaranteed their next moment, or their next breath; yet, humanity has a habit of thinking of its existence on the earth as eternal. Those who are rooted and grounded in Christ know that life is just a vapor.

Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!

Everything is temporary. Everything is bound to end.

All things are only transitory.

This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.