I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAYI have never painted a recent picture.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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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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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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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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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 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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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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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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All critics should be assassinated.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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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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