I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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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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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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