To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
MAN RAYI 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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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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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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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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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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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I have never painted a recent picture.
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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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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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