When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAYSpeaking 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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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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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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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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I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination. I photograph the things I don’t want to paint, things that are already in existence.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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