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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.

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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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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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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Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
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 paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk

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