black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

Man Ray

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

Doctor Greatness Surgeon
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY

Assassination Criticism One Liner
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
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY

Future One Liner Trick Truth
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
MAN RAY

Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
MAN RAY

Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state than it is now !
MAN RAY

Affair Artist Hands World Worst
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
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
MAN RAY

Myself Nature Photography Vision
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAY

Creation Desire Motivation Original
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
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
MAN RAY

Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY

Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAY

Genius Himself Power Satisfaction

The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Man Ray Quotes