When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAYWhen I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAYI would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAYJust as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
MAN RAYI am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
MAN RAYIt has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
MAN RAYQuote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAYLipstick is the red badge of courage.
MAN RAYI never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAYI believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAYReality is fabricated out of desire.
MAN RAYI do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
MAN RAYAn original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAYIf 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 !
MAN RAYIs 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.
MAN RAYI photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
MAN RAYI have never painted a recent picture.
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