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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.

Man Ray

The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
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
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
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
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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Effort Film Paper Waste
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
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
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination. I photograph the things I don’t want to paint, things that are already in existence.
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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph

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