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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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To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.
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Harm Members Ourselves Paint Society
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
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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Design Inspirational Myself Reflection Work
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
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 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
I paint what cannot be photographed, something from the imagination. I photograph the things I don’t want to paint, things that are already in existence.
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Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
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
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
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
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
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
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
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Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious

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