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

Man Ray

I am not going to be dictated to by the size of the camera. I use everything from an 8 x 10 to a 35-mm. But I don’t use these modern cameras which break down all the time !
MAN RAY

Camera Direction Leadership Time
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 !
MAN RAY

Affair Artist Hands World Worst
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.
MAN RAY

Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
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
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
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAY

Fact Mindset Myself Quote
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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Camera Determination Photographer Picture
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.
MAN RAY

Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
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
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
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.
MAN RAY

Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph

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