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

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There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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
You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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
I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
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Myself Nature Photography Vision
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
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
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Determination Dreams Myself Object Realization Record
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
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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Curiosity Information Myself Nature Technique Willing
I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
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
Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
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Fact Mindset Myself Quote
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
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction

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