I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
MAN RAYNature 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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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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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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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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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.
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