If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
MAN RAYThe streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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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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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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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Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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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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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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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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