I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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 believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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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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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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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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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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