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I paint when I cannot photograph.

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Nature 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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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
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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Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
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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Camera Direction Leadership Time
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
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.
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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
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.
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Art Fashion Need Old Photography
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.

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