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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !

Man Ray

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.
MAN RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
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 State World Worst
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 RAY

Camera Determination Photographer Picture
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAY

Believe Music Photography
I have never painted a recent picture.
MAN RAY

Myself Paint Photograph
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY

Future One Liner Trick Truth
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
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
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
MAN RAY

Done Hustle One Liner
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
MAN RAY

Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
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
Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
MAN RAY

Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY

Assassination Criticism 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.
MAN RAY

Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk

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