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.
MAN RAYLipstick is the red badge of courage.
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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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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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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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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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 photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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All 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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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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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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