I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAYI never knew what I was doing until I was done.
More Man Ray Quotes
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Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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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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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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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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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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