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.
MAN RAYThe streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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 have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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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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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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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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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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