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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

Man Ray

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
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
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
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
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
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
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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Fact Mindset Myself Quote
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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Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
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
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
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 would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
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
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.

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