Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
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Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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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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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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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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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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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 have never painted a recent picture.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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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 believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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