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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

Man Ray

If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
MAN RAY

Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
MAN RAY
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
I have never painted a recent picture.
MAN RAY

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

Believe Music Photography
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
MAN RAY

Creation Divine Human Reproduction
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY

Assassination Criticism One Liner
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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 State World Worst
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAY

Creation Desire Motivation Original
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
MAN RAY

Myself Nature Photography Vision
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
MAN RAY

Economic Myself Person Work
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAY

Genius Himself Power Satisfaction

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