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

Man Ray

I paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAY

Option Paint Photograph
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 !
MAN RAY

Camera Direction Leadership Time
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
MAN RAY

Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
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 State World Worst
In the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
MAN RAY

Automobile Declare Horse
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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
MAN RAY

Future One Liner Trick Truth
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
MAN RAY
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
MAN RAY
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAY
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
MAN RAY

Art Humor Joke Myself Success
Thanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
MAN RAY

Effort Film Paper Waste
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAY

Believe Music Photography
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAY

Doctor Greatness Surgeon
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAY

Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work

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