A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAYAn original is a creation motivated by desire.
More Man Ray Quotes
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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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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If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
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Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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