An effort impelled by desire must also have an automatic or subconscious energy to aid its realization.
MAN RAYl photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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I paint when I cannot photograph.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
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You don’t ask a writer what typewriter he uses.
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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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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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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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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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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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I have never painted a recent picture.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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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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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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