I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAYThe streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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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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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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 !
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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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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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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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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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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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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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