All critics should be assassinated.
MAN RAYPersonally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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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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I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.
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My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.
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I believe in the relation between photography and music; And thats my inspiration.
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Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.
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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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I never knew what I was doing until I was done.
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I have been accused of being a joker. But the most successful art to me involves humor.
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I am an economic person; I judge the amount of work involved with the amount of worth attained.
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I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.
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One of the satisfactions of a genius is his will-power and obstinacy.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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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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The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow.
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