When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAYI do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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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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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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