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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
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
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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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
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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Camera Direction Leadership Time
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAY

Doctor Greatness Surgeon
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
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
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
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
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality

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