An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAYAn effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAYThe streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAYI paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
MAN RAYIs 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 RAYOf 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.
MAN RAYOne of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAYI paint when I cannot photograph.
MAN RAYAll critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAYReality is fabricated out of desire.
MAN RAYI believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
MAN RAYThanks to my effort in the last 40 years, there has been more paper and film wasted.
MAN RAYIn the same spirit, when the automobile arrived, there were those that declared the horse to be the most perfect form of locomotion.
MAN RAYMy works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
MAN RAYI am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
MAN RAYJust as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.
MAN RAYQuote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me !
MAN RAY