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.
MAN RAYI do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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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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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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