A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAYI have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
More Man Ray Quotes
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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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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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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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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I have never painted a recent picture.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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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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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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