When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAYI believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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