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l photograph what l do not wish to paint and l paint that which l cannot photograph.

Man Ray

I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions.
MAN RAY

Myself Nature Photography Vision
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.
MAN RAY

Art Fashion Need Old Photography
Reality is fabricated out of desire.
MAN RAY

Desire Fabric One Liner Reality
Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
MAN RAY

Information Inspirational Myself Personal Prefer
Oh, yes, I was a great retoucher. A retoucher is an esthetic surgeon !
MAN RAY

Doctor Greatness Surgeon
I paint what cannot be photographed, that which comes from the imagination or from dreams, or from an unconscious drive.
MAN RAY

Dreams Drive Imagination Myself Patient Photograph Unconscious
One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
MAN RAY

Genius Himself Power Satisfaction
When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.
MAN RAY
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea.
MAN RAY

Amount Employment Himself Ideas Material
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.
MAN RAY

Camera Determination Photographer Picture
All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAY

Assassination Criticism One Liner
I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
MAN RAY

Economic Myself Person Work
There is no progress in art, any more than there is progress in making love.
MAN RAY

Art Love Progress
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.
MAN RAY

Existence Imagination Myself Paint Photograph
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
MAN RAY

Creation Desire Motivation Original
The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.
MAN RAY

Admire Craft Dreams Practice

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