I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAYThe tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
More Man Ray Quotes
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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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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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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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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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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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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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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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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