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I paint when I cannot photograph.

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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself Photography
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
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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Affair Artist Hands State World Worst
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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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Art Creation Human Mindset Nature See Work
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
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 have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself 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
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
I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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Existence Myself Paint Photograph Wish
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
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 !
MAN RAY

Affair Artist Hands World Worst

I paint when I cannot photograph.

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