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.
MAN RAYOf course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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 am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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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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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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