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.
MAN RAYThanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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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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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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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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 am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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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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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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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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