My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAYThe streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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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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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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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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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.
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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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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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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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