The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAYThere is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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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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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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A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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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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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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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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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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