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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

Man Ray

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.
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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
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
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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Camera Determination Photographer Picture
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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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
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 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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Camera Direction Leadership Time
Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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Art Brush Chemistry Light Myself Paint Pieces
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAY
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
MAN RAY

Art Humor Joke Myself Success
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
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
MAN RAY

I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.

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