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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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Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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Art Humor Joke Myself Success
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
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
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
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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Affair Artist Hands World Worst
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAY

Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer

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