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

Man Ray

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
The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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Future One Liner Trick Truth
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
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
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
I have never painted a recent picture.
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Myself Paint Photograph
To create is divine, to reproduce is human.
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Creation Divine Human Reproduction
All critics should be assassinated.
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Assassination Criticism One Liner
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
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Art Love Progress
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
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
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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Art Fashion Need Old Photography Point
Lipstick is the red badge of courage.
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Courage Instagram Captions Makeup One Liner
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
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Doctor Greatness Surgeon
I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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Done Hustle One Liner
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
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Creation Desire Motivation Original
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
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Admire Craft Dreams Practice
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 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
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
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Believe Music Photography
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 World Worst
A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
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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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