I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
MAN RAYIf 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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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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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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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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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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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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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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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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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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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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