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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.

Man Ray

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
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
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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Automobile Declare Horse
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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Camera Determination Photographer Picture
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
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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Affair Artist Hands State World Worst
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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
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

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