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I paint when I cannot photograph.

Man Ray

Is photography an art? There is no point in trying to find out if it is an art. Art is old-fashioned. We need something else.
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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
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
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
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
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
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
Is photography an art? There is no point in trying to find out if it is an art. Art is old-fashioned. We need something else.
MAN RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography
l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Myself Paint Photograph
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
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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Option Paint Photograph
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
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress

I paint when I cannot photograph.

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