One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAYNature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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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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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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