Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAYI have never painted a recent picture.
More Man Ray Quotes
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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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Nature 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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Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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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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If I’d had the nerve, I’d have become a thief or a gangster, but since I didn’t, I became a photographer.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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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 paint when I cannot photograph.
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