Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
MAN RAYPersonally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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 photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination. I photograph the things I don’t want to paint, things that are already in existence.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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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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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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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