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Reality is fabricated out of desire.

Man Ray

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
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
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
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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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
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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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
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
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 State World Worst
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction

Reality is fabricated out of desire.

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