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 RAYThe streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don’t use these modern cameras which break down all the time !
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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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 !
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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