I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
MAN RAYAll critics should be assassinated.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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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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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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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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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