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Man Ray

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
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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.
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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
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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Automobile Declare Horse
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
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
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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Art Humor Joke Myself Success
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
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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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
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 State World Worst
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
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

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