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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

Man Ray

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
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 World Worst
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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Funny Job Photograph Profession Thief
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 would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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Choice Dreams Ideas Myself 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
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
Speaking of nudes, I have always had a great fondness for this subject, both in my paintings and in my photos, and I must admit, not for purely artistic reasons.
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Artistic Greatness Myself Nude Reason Subject Talk
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAY
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
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
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
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Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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 Point

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