My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAYI never knew what I was doing until I was done.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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All critics should be assassinated.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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