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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

Man Ray

My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
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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Affair Artist Hands State World Worst
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
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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Affair Artist Hands World Worst
I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
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Effort Film Paper Waste
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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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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Economic Myself Person Work
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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Automobile Declare Horse

To create is divine, to reproduce is human.

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