I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAYAll critics should be assassinated.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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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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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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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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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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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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