Reality is fabricated out of desire.
MAN RAYThe tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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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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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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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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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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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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