To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
MAN RAYTo me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
More Man Ray Quotes
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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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All critics should be assassinated.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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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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Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask ‘how’, while others of a more curious nature will ask ‘why’. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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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I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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