I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAYJust as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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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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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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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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