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

Man Ray

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
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
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
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
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
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
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.
MAN RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography
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
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision

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