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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

Man Ray

When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAY
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
Is photography an art? There is no point in trying to find out if it is an art. Art is old-fashioned. We need something else.
MAN RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAY

Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination. I photograph the things I don’t want to paint, things that are already in existence.
MAN RAY

Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
MAN RAY

Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAY

Fact Mindset Myself Quote
Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
MAN RAY

Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
MAN RAY

Effort Film Paper Waste
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY

Future One Liner Trick Truth
A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.
MAN RAY

Camera Determination Photographer Picture
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
MAN RAY

Art Humor Joke Myself Success
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAY

Creation Desire Motivation Original
In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
MAN RAY

Automobile Declare Horse
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAY

Believe Music Photography

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