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

Man Ray

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
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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Affair Artist Hands World Worst
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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
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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Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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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Fact Mindset Myself Quote
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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Automobile Declare Horse
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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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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Effort Film Paper Waste
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don’t use these modern cameras which break down all the time !
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Camera Direction Leadership Time

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