The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAYQuote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
More Man Ray Quotes
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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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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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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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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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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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 have never painted a recent picture.
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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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