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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.

Man Ray

Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
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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Fact Mindset Myself Quote
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
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
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
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
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
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY

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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